brown thrasher
noun
a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage.
Origin of brown thrasher
1An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
- Also called brown thrush .
Words Nearby brown thrasher
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How to use brown thrasher in a sentence
Across the fields in the early morning I hear some of the rare April birds,—the chewink and the brown thrasher.
A Year in the Fields | John BurroughsI can suggest no other explanation than that he must have learned it from the brown thrasher.
Riverby | John Burroughs“They broke my leg with a stone from a sling shot,” piped brown thrasher.
Father Thrift and His Animal Friends | Joseph Charles SindelarNot many rods from the vireos' cedar-tree was a brown thrasher's nest in a barberry bush.
A Rambler's lease | Bradford TorreyAnd he couldn't help being a bit disappointed over the way Buddy brown thrasher received it.
The Tale of Bobby Bobolink | Arthur Scott Bailey
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