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单词 drink-a-penny
释义

drink-a-pennyn.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drink n., a pron., penny n.
Etymology: Apparently < drink n. + a pron. + penny n.; the bird is so named on account of its habit to drink in small sips. Compare penny bird n. at penny n. Compounds 2.
Local (Irish) name of the little grebe, Tachybaptes fluviatilis.
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1885 C. Swainson Provinc. Names Brit. Birds 216.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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