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thistlewarps

thistlewarps is the plural of thistlewarp.

Meaning of thistlewarp

Noun

thistlewarp (plural thistlewarps)

  1. (obsolete) The goldfinch.
    • An asse overwhelmed a thisselwarps nest; the little bird pecked his gaul'd back in revenge […].1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II...

Questions about thistlewarps

What is thistlewarps the plural of?
Thistlewarps is the plural of thistlewarp.

Words near thistlewarps in the dictionary

  1. Thistlethwaite
  2. Thistlethwaite's algorithm
  3. Thistleton
  4. Thistletons
  5. thistlewarp
  6. thistlewarps
  7. thistlier
  8. thistliest
  9. thistlish
  10. thistly
  11. thiswise

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