cushat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of cushat
before 900; Middle English couschot, Old English cūscote wood pigeon
Example Sentences
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"O, sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, When lintwhites chant amang the buds, And jinkin' hares, in amorous whids, Their loves enjoy, While thro' the braes the cushat croons Wi' wailfu' cry!"
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures by Ingersoll, Robert Green
Around them the singing of the birds, the cooing of the cushat doves and the buzzing of the bees, mingled in dreamy cadence.
From Under the Rose by Isham, Frederic Stewart
A more descriptive name is that of ringdove, easily explained by the white collar, but the bird is also known as cushat, queest, or even culver.
From Birds in the Calendar by Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George)
This charming spot is the home par excellence of the merle and thrush, the saucy robin, the bold pert chaffie, and murmuring cushat.
From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon
A cushat I will presently procure and give to her Who loves me: I know where it sits; up in the juniper.
From Theocritus, translated into English Verse by Theocritus
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