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Definition of Chirrups
1. chirrup [v] - See also: chirrup
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chirrups
Literary usage of Chirrups
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fourth Book of Vocal Music: For High Schools, Academies, Normal Schools by Eleanor Smith (1905)
"chirrups the lark, Chir-rup, chir-rup, he her - aids in The jol - ly sun with
ma - tin hymn. chirrups the lark, Chir-rup, chir-rup, he up-ward flies,Like ho ..."
2. The American Monthly Magazine (1837)
"'Tis early prime; chirrups the lark: Chirrup! chirrup ! he heralds in The jolly
sun With matin hymn. And hark! hark! hark! His merry chime " Come, come, ..."
3. The Edinburgh Literary Journal; Or, Weekly Register of Criticism and Belles by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1830)
"The mavis pipes in greenwood shade, chirrups the lark ! ... How, bathed in light,
Chirrup! chirrup! he upward flies, chirrups the lark! ..."
4. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"How bathed in light chirrups the lark; Chirrup! chirrup! he upward flies, Like
holy thoughts to cloudless skies. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1833)
"How bathed ¡n light chirrups the lark : Chirrup ! chirrup ! he upward flies, Like
holy thoughts to cloudless skies. They lack all heart who cann ot feel The ..."
6. West African Studies by Mary Henrietta Kingsley (1901)
"It clings to his fingers, it whisks back into the basket or into his hair or
clothes, and it chirrups dismally, and the patient becomes convulsed. ..."
7. Forty Years' Residence in America: Or, The Doctrine of a Particular by Grant Thorburn (1834)
"High in the air chirrups the lark: Chirrup ! chirrup ! away soars he. Bearing to
heaven my TOWS to thee ! * Mossy. ..."
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