least sandpiper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of least sandpiper
An Americanism dating back to 1855–60
Example Sentences
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Finley & Bohlman A least sandpiper or snipe, one of the shore birds.
From Conservation Reader by Fairbanks, Harold W. (Harold Wellman)
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