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Definition of Dobchicks
1. dobchick [n] - See also: dobchick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dobchicks
Literary usage of Dobchicks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1844)
"There go the little dobchicks, among the tall rushes and aquatic grasses that
border the marsh. They have seen me, and now I watch them as they sink gently ..."
2. Select Memoirs of Port Royal: To which are Appended Tour to Alert, Visit to by Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1835)
"... and a number of wild water-fowl, especially moor-hen^ and dobchicks, were
diving and sporting amongst the reeds. Not very far beyond this stream, ..."
3. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London by Linnean Society of London (1827)
"52, says, " dobchicks, Moorhens, and Coots fly erect with their legs hanging
down, and hardly make any dispatch." Had he seen the Coots fly on the Stour, ..."
4. The Modern Housewife: Or, Ménagère. Comprising Nearly One Thousand Receipts by Alexis Soyer (1851)
"GULLS, GREBES, DIVERS of all kinds, including the dobchicks, are only fit to make
into soups, although I am of opinion that if the young gull was taken and ..."
5. The Naturalist (1851)
"... three most minute little dobchicks, or Grebes. Their activity utterly set my
shooting at defiance; and, with a heavy boat deeply laden with ballast, ..."
6. Narrative of the Demolition of the Monastery of Port Royal Des Champs by Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck (1816)
"... to a height I never had seen before; and a number of wild water-fowl, especially
moor-hens and dobchicks, were diving and sporting amongst the reeds. ..."
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