corbie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of corbie
1150–1200; Middle English corbin < Old French < Latin corvīnus corvine
Example Sentences
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They wad spare the bairn, and may think you too likely a lad to hang on the walls like a split corbie on the woodsman’s lodge.’
From A Modern Telemachus by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
"Bring him safe," said she, "for if you fail, and prove a corbie messenger, I promise you worse than the sharpest sting of the most angry bee."
From Henrietta's Wish Or, Domineering by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
Weel, as he cam’ ower the wast end o’ the Black Hill ae day, he saw first twa, an’ syne fower, an’ syne seeven corbie craws fleein’ round an’ round abune the auld kirkyaird.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 5 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
But when the root of the aik decays, And the mistletoe dwines on its withered breast, The grass shall grow on Errol’s hearthstane, And the corbie roup in the falcon’s nest.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
Ye're like the corbie messenger—ye come wi' neither alms nor answer.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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