Definition of Screechers

1. n. pl. The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds.

Definition of Screechers

1. Noun. (plural of screecher) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Screechers

1. screecher [n] - See also: screecher

Medical Definition of Screechers

1. The picarian birds, as distinguished from the singing birds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Screechers

screamingly
screamings
screamlike
screamo
screams
screams bloody murder
screamy
scree
screech
screech-owl
screech-owls
screech owl
screech owls
screeched
screecher
screechers
screeches
screechier
screechiest
screechin'
screeching
screeching(a)
screeching frog
screechingly
screechy
screed
screeded
screeder
screeders
screeding

Literary usage of Screechers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"... or those more fortunate who would make holiday of rest in the open air. away from the Screechers, the Preachers, the Ranters, and Canters. ..."

2. Wesleyan Juvenile Offering: A Miscellany of Missionary Information for Young by Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society (1869)
"... and that is, that the boots have " screechers " in them, that is, something put in the soles in order to make a creaking noise as they walk. ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... (Hypocritical preachers,) And demagogue screechers, To martial your leaders to conquest and fame ; But, alas ! to your shame, No victory came, ..."

4. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"... stifled groans, a wail dying away in the distance, and then, again, the most heart-rending screams. America possesses several inveterate screechers. ..."

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