killdee
Americannoun
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Killdee, kil′dē, n. the largest variety of North American ring-plover.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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There is Killdee who ploughed on Green Thursday—Ascension Day—the day Jesus went back to God, wherefore he expected to be scourged, and was, for that night his little girl, Baby Rose, was burnt to death in the cookfire.
From Time Magazine Archive
Most of the stories are about Killdee, his wife, Rose, and Missie, the little changeling with the pointed chin, the curving lips, the delicate bluish bloom on black cheeks, who came to stay with them.
From Time Magazine Archive
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.
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