whin-chat

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Noun

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whin-chat (plural whin-chats)

  1. Archaic form of whinchat.
    • 1879, James Yates, “Birds and their Nests”, in North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and Archæological Society Annual Report:
      The eggs of the Wheat-ear, Whin-chat. Hedge-sparrow and Red-start are all blue