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Definition of Hangnests
1. hangnest [n] - See also: hangnest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hangnests
Literary usage of Hangnests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"It was given first to the Old World family Oriolidae, and wns naturally transferred
to the American hangnests by early English travelers and settlers on ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1882)
"... the Nearctic flycatchers belong likewise to different groups from those at
home; and the starlings are really " hangnests," or ..."
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