wamby
whabby n The merry shouts of the children playing on the green, have ceased, and naught disturbs the silence, save, perhaps , the mournful cry of the wamby (snipe) from the woods close by, or the cheerful song, which is borne over the waters, from returning "bait-skiff," PRINTED ITEM DNE-c...
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73840 |
| Summary: | whabby n The merry shouts of the children playing on the green, have ceased, and naught disturbs the silence, save, perhaps , the mournful cry of the wamby (snipe) from the woods close by, or the cheerful song, which is borne over the waters, from returning "bait-skiff," PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit WK Oct 64 W.J. KIRWIN OCT 29 1964 Used I and Sup Used I 1 Used I [see SNIPE: bird] whabby, wabby, wamby, waubbe, whobby |
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