proud tailor
English regional (now historical )
noun
The goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.
- ‘Perhaps this bird is called proud tailor, because his plumage is varied like a suit of clothes made out of remnants of different colours, such as a tailor might be supposed to wear.’ (George Steevens, quoted in Bell's Ed. Shakespeare (1788) XI. 104)..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Daines Barrington (1727/8–1800), judge, antiquary, and naturalist.
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