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Definition of Dunnocks
1. dunnock [n] - See also: dunnock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dunnocks
Literary usage of Dunnocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"Both of them invariably assist in vanquishing the dunnocks, but, this accomplished,
they commence ... The more peaceful Hedge dunnocks seldom go to such ex- ..."
2. The Evolution of Bird-song, with Observations on the Influence of Heredity by Charles A Witchell (1896)
"In January 1889, at Bournemouth, I heard two dunnocks, not far apart, which sang
the same song — a phrase unlike that commonly uttered by dunnocks at Stroud ..."
3. The House and Farm Accounts of the Shuttleworths of Gawthorpe Hall, in the by Shuttleworth family, John Harland (1857)
"dunnocks, qd dun-necks, are hedge sparrows, so called perhaps from the very dark,
dusky appearance of the bird. ..."
4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1916)
"We may not like it: when he says that the hermit threw his crumbs out to " dunnocks
and finches " we may prefer some other names for the birds, ..."
5. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1890)
"Other birds are singing, thrushes, robins, dunnocks, wrens, greenfinches; but I
have said my say about one song, and doubtless quite enough for my readers. ..."
6. The Land's End: A Naturalist's Impressions in West Cornwall by William Henry Hudson (1908)
"... dunnocks, wrens and others. I was surprised to find that clothes-drying was
a very serious trouble to these bush-breeders where there are no trees. ..."
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