woodcock
Collocations
2VERB + WOODCOCK
cry
WOODCOCK + NOUN
goatsucker, thrush
Definitions
noun
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage.
"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"
The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid.
A simpleton.
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
"Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…]
name
A surname from Old English.
A borough and neighbouring township in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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4"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"
WiktionaryThe woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid.
WiktionaryIf I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
WiktionaryThe pheasant, the bustard, the deaf wild peacock, the moorhen, the partridge, the woodcock and the thrush are said to be delicacies.
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