highhole
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of highhole
1785–95; earlier highwale, hewhole, variant of hickwall
Example Sentences
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I have seen a sharp-shinned hawk pick up a highhole from the turf in a twinkling under just such conditions.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
But the swallow was familiar, and the robin and the wren and the highhole, while the woodchuck I saw and heard in Wyoming might have been the "chuck" of my native hills.
From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John
A highhole alights on the ground in full view in the orchard twenty yards away, and, spying my motionless figure, pauses and regards me long and intently.
From The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers by Burroughs, John
Probably the warble of the robin, or the call of the meadowlark or of the highhole, if they chanced to hear them, meant no more to these girls.
From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John
He tells of the highhole that repeatedly drills through the clap-boards of an empty house in a vain attempt to find a thickness of wood deep enough in which to build its nest.
From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack
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