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Definition of Townees
1. townee [n] - See also: townee
Lexicographical Neighbors of Townees
Literary usage of Townees
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1914)
"townees. 11. Bird Lore. 16: 102-4. Mr. '14. Town criers. Ways of the Oregon towhee.
Mrs. SB Thayer. Only town-crier left. L. Huffaker. Am. M. 78: 60. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1886)
"... and Spurred townees along a brash-fence I observed this bird flying from one
stake to another, darting out frequently ¡ifter some passing in- voot. ..."
3. The Condor by Cooper Ornithological Society, Cooper Ornithological Club (1899)
"... Wren Tits, Thrashers and Brown townees. No Owls or Woodpeckers, excepting
Flickers, were seen or heard, nor had even the oldest inhabitant any knowledge ..."
4. Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: From Gales and by United States Congress, Thomas Hart Benton (1860)
"... or middling •* even great capital from embarking in the* manufactures, and
will leave the whole concert to the over-wealthy now engaged in this townees ..."
5. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"In tlie mountains, the canyon townees are found among rocks and along ledges of
canyons. At Mineral Park, Arizona, Mr. Bailey found them abundant in ..."
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