Martins
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The robin redbreast till of late had rest, And children sacred held a martin's nest, Till beccaficos sold so devilish dear To one that was, or would have been, a peer.
From The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 1 by Gilfillan, George
It was something after the order of the purple martin's melodious sputter, only the tones were richer and fuller and the music better defined, as became a genuine oscine.
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
Why, only a little while ago the same fate overtook a nursery-governess and the child in her charge who were trying to dig out a martin's nest in a pit in this very parish.
From The Ancient Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider
Although the martin's flight is very swift and very high, yet he can go but so far, and he knows not what directs him.
From What the Animals Do and Say by Follen, Eliza Lee Cabot
They went to live in a "martin's cage," as they called it, under the bluff at Medora, and there Roosevelt visited them, after Joe moved to Montana and his store passed into other hands.
From Roosevelt in the Bad Lands by Hagedorn, Hermann
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