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yoldring

yoldring noun: a bird, the yellowhammer.

Noun

yoldring (plural yoldrings)

  1. (UK, dialectal, obsolete) A bird, the yellowhammer.
    • But you heed me no more than a goss-hawk minds a yellow yoldring.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter II, in The Abbot. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...

Forms of yoldring

pluralyoldrings

Questions about yoldring

What does yoldring mean?
Yoldring means a bird, the yellowhammer.
What part of speech is yoldring?
Yoldring is a noun.
What is the plural of yoldring?
The plural of yoldring is yoldrings.

Words near yoldring in the dictionary

  1. yold
  2. yolden
  3. yoldiid
  4. yoldiids
  5. yoldrin
  6. yoldring
  7. yoldrings
  8. yole
  9. yoles
  10. yoleven
  11. yolk

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