chimney swift

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noun

an American swift, Chateura pelagica, which often builds its nest in an unused chimney.

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Origin of chimney swift

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby chimney swift

chimney-pot hat, chimney rock, chimney stack, chimney swallow, chimney sweep, chimney swift, chimney wheel, chimp, chimpanzee, Chimu, chin

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How to use chimney swift in a sentence

They know they will face either a swift backlash or deafening silence.
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When they combine it with their pop music, like Taylor Swift, it's basically targeting children and that's wrong.
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
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Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.
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She got up and stood in front of the fire, having her hand on the chimney-piece and looking down at the blaze.
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Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.
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Sanson's Atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
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British Dictionary definitions for chimney swift

chimney swift

noun

a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows

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