ground owl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of ground owl
An Americanism dating back to 1910–15
Example Sentences
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He might have been drowned if me and that ground owl there hadn’t got him out.
From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.
Turkey Track piles his saddle an' bridle onto the r'ar of the buckboard, an' settin' in behind on his plunder, commands the ground owl driver to head west till further orders.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
A ground owl and some prairie dogs were in one of them, and we suspected they might be winter quarters for the Indians.
From Death Valley in '49 by Manly, William Lewis
This yere ground owl party, drivin' for the Mockin' Bird, comes clatterin' along with the buckboard jest as Turkey Track strips the saddle an' bridle from his deefunct pony.
From Faro Nell and Her Friends Wolfville Stories by Dunton, W. Herbert
An' when the evenin' settles, A-waitin' for the dawn Perhaps I'll hear the ground owl: "She's gone — she's gone — she's gone!"
From Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp by Lomax, John Avery
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