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单词 clocking hen
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clocking hen
clocking hen n. Obsolete rare the limpkin, Aramus guarauna, a wading bird native to South America and southeastern North America having a call resembling the clucking of a hen; cf. clucking hen n.Cf. literal use of clocking hen as an unfixed collocation at main sense (see e.g. quots. 1538, 1983).
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guarauna1678
clocking hen1703
clucking hen?1740
limpkin1885
1703 W. Dampier Voy. New Holland ii. 74 Clocking-Hens, are much like the Crab-catchers... They keep..in swampy wet places.
1727 Some Mod. Observ. Jamaica 18 in Whartoniana II. In the Woods and Savanahs are likewise Clocking Hens, Carrion Crows, near as big as Turkey Hens, Macaws, Parroketes, Blackbirds and Thrushes, not the same as yours.
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