missel thrush

[ mis-uhl ]

/ ˈmɪs əl /

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noun

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Origin of missel thrush

First recorded in 1765–75

Words nearby missel thrush

missal stand, missay, miss by a mile, misseem, mis-sell, missel thrush, missend, missense, miss fire, misshape, misshapen

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How to use missel thrush in a sentence

"Send for the weasel, then," said a missel-thrush, also perching in the hawthorn.
Wood Magic|Richard Jefferies
The missel-thrush did as he was bid, and in about half-an-hour the young prince approached the palace.
Wood Magic|Richard Jefferies
"It is selling our honour—making a bargain and a market of our ancestors' courage," said the missel-thrush.
Wood Magic|Richard Jefferies
So when David saw his chance of being a missel-thrush again he called out to me quickly: "Don't drop the letter!"
The Little White Bird|J. M. Barrie

One of them was a noble bird, such as I had never seen before, of very fine bright plumage, and larger than a missel-thrush.
Essays on Modern Novelists|William Lyon Phelps

British Dictionary definitions for missel thrush

missel thrush

/ (ˈmɪsəl) /

noun

a variant spelling of mistle thrush

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