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yeorling

yeorling noun: the yellowhammer.

Noun

yeorling (plural yeorlings)

  1. (Scotland) The yellowhammer.
    • I asked Thady a minute later what nests he knew of. "Galore," he answered, grinning. And then proceeded to enumerate them : " A lintie (a linnet), a green grosbeak (greenfinch), a Harry redcap (goldfinch), a yellow yeorling by the roadside, a scobby (chaffinch), a lavrock (skylark), a cushie-doo (a...1905, Lady Catherine Henrietta Milnes Gaskell, Spring in a Shropshire Abbey, page 179
    • The brock, the toad, and the yellow yeorling Get a drap o' the de'il's bluid ilka May morning.1907, Country Life - Volume 21, page 376

Forms of yeorling

pluralyeorlings

Questions about yeorling

What does yeorling mean?
Yeorling means the yellowhammer.
What part of speech is yeorling?
Yeorling is a noun.
What is the plural of yeorling?
The plural of yeorling is yeorlings.

Words near yeorling in the dictionary

  1. Yeong
  2. Yeongju
  3. Yeongnam
  4. yeoperson
  5. yeopersons
  6. yeorling
  7. yeorlings
  8. yeoryeong
  9. yeos
  10. Yeosu
  11. yeouch

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