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bullspinks

bullspinks is the plural of bullspink.

Meaning of bullspink

Noun

bullspink (plural bullspinks)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A chaffinch or a bullfinch.
    • Their haunts are stubble fields, and in very severe weather, farm-yards, where they feed among the chaff and refuse of the corn; hence they get the name of Chaffinch. In Yorkshire this bird is known by the name Bullspink.1794, James Bolton, “Nest and Eggs of the Chaffinch”, in Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay towards a Natural History of British Song Birds, volume 1, page 24

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What is bullspinks the plural of?
Bullspinks is the plural of bullspink.

Words near bullspinks in the dictionary

  1. bullsonas
  2. bullspeak
  3. bullspeaking
  4. bullspeaks
  5. bullspink
  6. bullspinks
  7. bullspit
  8. bullspoke
  9. bullspoken
  10. bullswool
  11. bulltaur

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