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stonechatter

stonechatter noun: stonechat.

Noun

stonechatter (plural stonechatters)

  1. (archaic) stonechat
    • One fine day in harvist (it was a holiday) Tom was takin' a ramble by himsilf thro' the land, an' wint sauntherin' along the sunny side uv a hidge [...] whin all uv a suddint he h'ard a clackin' sort o' n'ise jist a little way fornint him, in the hidge. "Dear me," said Tom, "but isn't it now raaly...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 373

Forms of stonechatter

pluralstonechatters

Origin of stonechatter

From stonechat + -er (“frequentative suffix”).

Questions about stonechatter

What does stonechatter mean?
Stonechatter means stonechat.
What part of speech is stonechatter?
Stonechatter is a noun.
What is the plural of stonechatter?
The plural of stonechatter is stonechatters.

Words near stonechatter in the dictionary

  1. stonecatcher
  2. stonecatchers
  3. stonecats
  4. stonechat
  5. stonechats
  6. stonechatter
  7. stonechatters
  8. Stonecipher
  9. Stoneciphers
  10. stoneclink
  11. stoneclinks

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