swallow-tailed kite

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an American kite, Elanoides forficatus, having black upper parts, white head and underparts, and a long, deeply forked tail.

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First recorded in 1870–75

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For the Times, which had won four Pulitzer Prizes in 2013, the Snowden slip-up was a bitter pill to swallow.
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It's a hard pill to swallow not because the show isn't good.
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Jordan is in an even more delicate position, and a country that ISIS would dearly like to swallow.
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It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
These Eskimos were very fond of kite-flying, for its own sake, without reference to utility!
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
The third boat and kite had been damaged beyond repair, but the two left were sufficient.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Hunger had to be satisfied, however, and I had to swallow my pride and my five-pennyworth.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
In smoking, they swallow the fumes of the tobacco which causes intoxication for a time.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.