longshanks

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English

Etymology

long + shanks

Noun

longshanks (plural longshanks)

(dated) A bird, the stilt.

References

“longshanks”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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