birling
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of birling
Example Sentences
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There was sea salt in the air, and sleepless seagulls were birling in the darkness overhead.
From The New Yorker • Jan. 6, 2020
Oldtimers in Bay City remembered Percy as one of the lumberjacks who used to come into town in the '903 birling logs down the Saginaw Bay.
From Time Magazine Archive
On U.S. sport pages it is classed with curling, hurling and birling; its champions are forgotten by the time the next day's editions are out.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was the first national birling championship in three years.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was blithe and heartsome to go birling to Skeighan in the train; it was grand to jouk round Barbie on the nichts at e'en!
From The House with the Green Shutters by Brown, George Douglas
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