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Definition of Fairy swallow
1. Noun. Fancy domestic pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fairy Swallow
Literary usage of Fairy swallow
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1877)
"Au African O wl was placed first, second a grand fairy swallow, third a Satinette,
fourth a Blondinette, and fifth also. GIVING OIL TO A BIRD. ..."
2. Organic Evolution: A Text Book by Richard Swann Lull (1917)
"Russian trumpeter; 10, fairy swallow; 11, black-winged swallow; 12, fantail; 13,
carrier; 14, 15, ..."
3. Rip Van Winkle: Folk-opera in Three Acts by Reginald DeKoven, Percy MacKaye (1919)
"fairy swallow! Kite in the cloudy blue! Over hill and brook and hollow We will
follow, follow, Follow you! RIP There! Up there—up there! ..."
4. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia by Royal Society of South Australia (1893)
"... while at the trip to the River Sturt some interesting geological feature were
noticed, and on the same occasion a group of nests of the fairy swallow ..."
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