scobbyn.
/ˈskɒbi/ A north-country name for the chaffinch, Fringilla cœlebs.
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1800 D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 17 May (1941) I. 39 The Skobby sate quietly in its nest.
1813 G. Montagu Suppl. Ornithol. Dict. Scobby.
1852 F. O. Morris Hist. Brit. Birds II. 236.
1976 Jrnl. Lakeland Dial. Soc. No. 38. 39 She wes gitten weel on afoor she kent et a scobbie wes oot but a scobbie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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n.1800- ostrich-plume hydroid
- ostrich-plumed
- ostrichbreeding
- ostrichcamel
- ostrichegg cup
- ostriches
- ostricheyed
- ostrichfeather boa
- ostrichfeather fan
- ostrichfeather seller
- ostrichism
- ostrichlike
- ostrichplume hydroid
- ostrichplumed
- ostricultural
- ostridge
- ostridge-keeper
- ostridgekeeper
- ostriferous
- ostrobogulation
- ostrobogulatory
- ostrobogulosity
- ostrobogulous
- ostrog
- ostrogoth