ruddock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of ruddock
Old English rudduc ; related to rudu redness; see rudd
Example Sentences
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"Winter is ycomen in, With stormy sadde cheere; In the paddocke, Whistle ruddock, Brighte sparke in the dead yeare."
From Ethel Morton's Enterprise by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)
The merry lark her matins sings aloft; The thrush replies; the mavis descant plays; The ouzel shrills; the ruddock warbles soft; So goodly all agree, with sweet consent, To this day's merriment.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
The ruddock would With charitable bill bring thee all this; Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none, To winter-ground thy corse.
From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John
The ruddock he shall build his nest Just above thy true love's breast!
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
And let the ruddock build his nest Just above my true love's breast!—
From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John
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