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Definition of Chiffchaffs
1. chiffchaff [n] - See also: chiffchaff
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiffchaffs
Literary usage of Chiffchaffs
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1836)
"Those chiffchaffs which are heard previously to the month of March have, undoubtedly,
passed the winter with us ; but their number is extremely few, ..."
2. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1884)
"... copse of " Blue-bell Hole," Nightingales, Redstarts, Willow Wrens, Blackcaps,
and chiffchaffs, and three Red-back Shrikes on a neighbouring fence. ..."
3. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1901)
"... amount of yellow on the under surface, while others are decidedly greyer below.
Some of the latter look like chiffchaffs as regards their plumage ..."
4. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1884)
"We can hardly believe that he is not romancing when he tells us that within twelve
miles of town he had for his companions chiffchaffs and willow wrens, ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"chiffchaffs, Whitethroats, Wagtails, and other birds. As the season advances
emigration is naturally quickened until the early days of November, ..."
6. Nature Near London by Richard JEFFERIES (1883)
"The bevies of chiffchaffs and willow wrens which came to the thickets in the
furze, the chorus of thrushes and blackbirds, the chaffinches in the elms, ..."
7. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1896)
"chiffchaffs occasionally remain in England during the winter, and Mr. Robert Read
has presented to the British Museum a specimen obtained by him in ..."
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