单词 | rook-bolter |
释义 | > as lemmasrook-bolter ΚΠ 1762 Beauties of all Mag. Sel. I. 154/2 We have Canary-bird-breeders, Cock-feeders, Pidgeon-fanciers, Parrot-tutors, Quail-pipers, Partridge-setters, Rook-bolters, Duck-decoyers, Capon-makers, and Snipe-shooters. a1855 W. T. Spurdens Forby's Vocab. E. Anglia (1858) III. 39 Quarrel, a kind of bird-bolt,..now used only by rook-bolters for beating down rooks' nests. < as lemmas |
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