chimney swallow

American  

noun

1. British. barn swallow.

2. chimney swift.

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chimney swallow British  

noun

1. another name for common swallow See swallow 2

2. a less common name for chimney swift

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Etymology

Origin of chimney swallow

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

The observant Zuñis have incorporated this in one of their pretty proverbs, “When chimney swallows circle and call they speak of rain.”

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Plenty of people persist in calling them chimney swallows, which is precisely what they are not.

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Slipping down the marble staircase in her gray evening gown, Ruth Drew felt like a chimney swallow amid an assemblage of brilliant, gaily colored birds.

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This is in regard to the chimney swallows.

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Why, a little bird, a chimney swallow, chirping and fluttering, poor thing, with fright.

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