Tennessee warbler

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noun

a North American wood warbler, Vermivora peregrina, having a gray head, a greenish back, and white underparts.

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Origin of Tennessee warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Tennessee passed a law that allowed for criminal charges to be brought against pregnant women found to be taking illegal drugs.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those states include Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Harold Ford Jr. is a former U.S. Representative from Tennessee.
Why Voters Love Common Core|Harold Ford Jr.|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Another dark horse, Tennessee Senator Al Gore, was finding little traction in his efforts to become a centrist alternative.
Want President Hillary? Then Primary Her|Jeff Greenfield|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Abortion will be on the ballot in Colorado, North Dakota, and Tennessee.
America’s Most Important (and Wackiest) Referendums This November|Ben Jacobs|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was hardly to be found in all Southern Tennessee a more contented, shiftless, ill-bestead family than theirs.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
This valley extends for approximately three hundred and fifty miles to the borderline of Tennessee.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
An amusing incident occurred in the cars of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which must be preserved in print.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
A Tennessee planter gives the following description of making the plant bed as practised in his State.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.