hobhouchinn.
Obsolete or dialect.
An owl.
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1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux Lutrin iii. 126 If poor Hobhowchin puts you in this fearing.
1746 W. Ellis Agric. Improv'd II. Aug. xiv. 100 With us the Owl is called, Hobhouchin, and makes a great hooping Noise, or Cry, many times in the Night.
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