whaup
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whaup
1505–15; perhaps representing earlier *whalp, akin (by gradation) to Old English hwilpe plover
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We could hear the cry of the whaup, a mournful, plaintive note; our own voices were the only other sounds that broke the stillness.
From Between You and Me by Sir Harry Lauder
But Moses is a fooshinless, hingin'-aboot kind o' a whaup," says I. "The blame's mibby no' a' on ae side o' the hoose.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
Oh, Fairly, my old man of the Covenant," vociferated the leader of the party, "how come you to be keeping company with the whaup and the curlew at this time o' night?
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 by Alexander Leighton
Say Mistress Blair, ye ill-mennered whaup atyar," says I in his lug; an' he gleyed roond at me, an' says, wi' anither o' his vegabon'-like winks, "Ay; that's Wattie Scott's monniment, Bawbie.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
A whaup cried loudly, and very eerily: then another.
From Huntingtower by John Buchan
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