yaffler dial.
(ˈjæflə(r))
[f. yaffle v.1 + -er1.]
The green woodpecker: = yaffle n.1
| 1802 [see yaffle n.1]. 1840 Macgillivray Brit. Birds III. 91 Picus viridis. The Green Woodpecker... Yaffler. Yappingale. 1863 J. C. Atkinson Stanton Grange 70 Ta'n't a yaffler's [nest]; it's a black and white woodpecker's. 1906 Sat. Rev. 10 Feb. 169/1, I thought that would touch you, woodpecker! Ha, ha, ha—who's the yaffler now? |