chimney swallow

American  

noun

1. British. barn swallow.

2. chimney swift.

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chimney swallow British  

noun

1. another name for common swallow See swallow 2

2. a less common name for chimney swift

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Etymology

Origin of chimney swallow

First recorded in 1765–75

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chimney swallow

When I saw the last chimney swallow, November 30, they went by to their sleeping-trees about three o'clock in the afternoon—a long night, a short day for them.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Jefferies, Richard

Why, a little bird, a chimney swallow, chirping and fluttering, poor thing, with fright.

From Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad by Dale, Daphne

Gilbert; biographical note on, IV, 158; on the chimney swallow, 158.Wordsworth,

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index by Lodge, Henry Cabot

Judging from the amount of food, it was rather evident that Mr. Wagg expected prison-bird Two-Seven-Nine to play chimney swallow for some little time!

From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman

Slipping down the marble staircase in her gray evening gown, Ruth Drew felt like a chimney swallow amid an assemblage of brilliant, gaily colored birds.

From The Ranch Girls in Europe by Vandercook, Margaret