laverock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of laverock
1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark 1
Example Sentences
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Or let us say, sometimes when he sings, it is like listening to a linnet in the broom, a blackbird in the brake, a laverock in the sky.
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde
An' smiles as saft as the young rose-bud, An' e'en sae pawky, bright, an' rare, Wad lure the laverock frae the clud— But, laddie, seek to ken nae mair!
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
I don't think I was thinking onything, except a meenit syne, when I lookit up an' wished I was that laverock in the lift.'
From The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow by Swan, Annie S. (Annie Shepherd)
The eggs of the linnet, goldfinch, yorling, laverock, robin, titling, thrush, and blackbird, were as familiar to me as the letters of the alphabet.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various
Aboon her head the laverock sang, And 'neath her feet the wild-flowers sprang; Oh, let me dwell, where beauty strays, By Manor stream an' Manor braes.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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