Lexicographical Neighbors of Killdees
Literary usage of Killdees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"Minott tells of a great rise of the river once in August, when a great
many "marsh-birds," as peeps, killdees, yellow-legs, etc., came inland, ..."
2. Book of Joyous Children by James Whitcomb Riley (1902)
"A SONG OF SINGING SING ! gangling lad, along the brink Of wild brook-ways of
shoal and deep, Where killdees dip, and cattle drink, And glinting little ..."
3. Songs, Merry and Sad by John Charles McNeill (1906)
"... deep crimson and gold; A heron's far flight to a roost somewhere; The twitter
of killdees keen in the air; The noise of a wagon that jolts through the ..."
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