laverock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of laverock
1275–1325; Middle English laverok, Old English lāwerce lark 1
Example Sentences
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Holly hath birdés A full fair flock, The nightingale, the popinjay, The gentle laverock.
From In The Yule-Log Glow, Book IV by Morris, Harrison S. (Harrison Smith)
How aft hae I sat i' the beild o' the knowe, While the laverock mounted sae hie, An' the mavis sang sweet in the plantings around, On the bonnie green braes o' Drumlee.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
The sun looks in o'er the hill-head, An' the laverock is liltin' sae gay; Get up, get up, bonnie Lizie, Ye've lain till it's lang o' the day.
From Ballad Book by Bates, Katherine Lee
The laverock and the lintie, The robin and the wren; Gin ye harry their nests, Ye'll never thrive again.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
"Rise, Jock; gang out and meet the priest; I hear his bridle ring;130 My Baby now shall be my wife, Before the laverock sing."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
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