killdee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Below us a stone mill grumbled over its unending task, and from the meadows came the blithe call of the killdee.
From David Malcolm by Nelson Lloyd
The blackbirds jangle in the tops Of hoary-antlered sycamores; The timorous killdee starts and stops Among the drift-wood on the shores.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Oh, dim and wan came in the dawn, And gloomy closed the day; The killdee whistled among the weeds, The heron flapped in the river reeds, And the snipe piped far away.
From Shapes and Shadows by Madison J. Cawein
But when I at's him ag'in, to lock legs or kick ankles, dar he's 'way off yander, a-tippin' it on his toes, like a killdee.
From Burl by Morrison Heady
Killdee, killdee, he calls with his high voice when alarmed—and he is usually beset by fears, real or imaginary—but when at peace, his voice is sweet and low.
From Birds Every Child Should Know by Neltje Blanchan
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