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gutter-snipe
gutter-snipe (ˈgʌtəsnaɪp) Cf. gutter-bird. 1. a. dial. The common snipe, Gallinago cælestis (Northumbld. Gloss. 1893). b. The common American or Wilson's snipe, Gallinago wilsoni or delicata. (Mr. W. H. Patterson writes from Belfast that he has known the word ‘Guttery-snipe’ in Ireland since 1850, b... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mortimer Thomson
Thomson is credited with coining terms including brass knuckles, gutter-snipe, good and ready, and grin and bear it. wikipedia.org
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heather-bleater
ˈheather-ˌbleater Sc. and north. dial. Also -blut(t)er, -bluiter, -blooter; corrupted earn-bleater, hammer-bleat, -er. [as prec., with second element conformed to agent-nouns in -er.] = prec.a 1617 J. Burel Pilgremer in Watson Collect. (1706) ii. 27 (Jam.) The Hobie and the Hedderbluter. 1791 Statis... Oxford English Dictionary
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Guiding Light (1980–1989)
Vanessa thought of Nola as nothing but a gutter snipe, and went to Hillary about her suspicions. wikipedia.org
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gutter
▪ I. gutter, n.1 (ˈgʌtə(r)) Forms: 3–5 goter, 4 godere, gooter, gotur, guter, 4–5 gotere, 5 gotyr, guttyr, gutur, 5–6 guttur, 5–7 guttar, gutture, 6 gotter, gutt(e)re, Sc. gutar, guttour, 4– gutter. [a. OF. gutiere (12th c. in Littré), goutiere (13th c.), mod.F. gouttière fem. (= Pr., Sp. gotera, Pg... Oxford English Dictionary
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River Wharfe
warbler, common sandpiper, grey wagtail, dipper, tawny owl, sparrowhawk, greater spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, treecreeper and, in wetter places, common snipe Beck Davy Keld Dib Beck Robin Hood's Beck Captain Beck Brow Well Isingdale Beck Howling Beck Hebden Beck Sandbed Beck Barden Beck The Old Gutter wikipedia.org
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muckworm
ˈmuckworm [f. muck n.1 + worm.] 1. A worm or grub that lives in ‘muck’; in U.S. spec. (see quot. 1842).1685 A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xxiii. 795 Grovel in the dust like a muckworm. 1842 T. W. Harris Insects Injur. Veget. (1862) 31 note, There is a grub..which is frequently found under old manure-heap... Oxford English Dictionary
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New Forest
Several areas are Geological Conservation Review sites, including Mark Ash Wood, Shepherd’s Gutter, Cranes Moor, Studley Wood, and Wood Green. As in much of Britain common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) and meadow pipit (Anthus trivialis) are common as wintering birds, but in the Forest they still wikipedia.org
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