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highhole

[hahy-hohl]
noun
  1. flicker2.
Also high·hold·er [hahy-hohl-der] /ˈhaɪˌhoʊl dər/.

Origin of highhole

1785–95; earlier highwale, hewhole, variant of hickwall
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Examples from the Web for highhole

Historical Examples of highhole

  • This note of the highhole is irrepressibly exuberant and ringing with energy.

    In the Open

    Stanton Davis Kirkham

  • The most common are: flicker, highhole, yellow-hammer, and golden-winged woodpecker.

  • The highhole is in evidence, and his rattling call is calculated to awake the sleepers in that pasture at least.

    In the Open

    Stanton Davis Kirkham