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titlark|ˈtɪtlɑːk|
[f. tit n.3 + lark n.1]
A bird of the genus Anthus or some allied genus, resembling a lark; a pipit; esp. in England, the meadow pipit, A. pratensis, also called tit-pipit; in U.S., A. ludovicianus (American titlark).
1668Charleton Onomast. 81 Alauda Pratensis, the Tit-Lark. 1676Grew Musæum, Anat. Stomach & Guts viii. 37 The House-Sparrow, Linnet, Titlark, and many more. 1773G. White Selborne xxxix, Titlarks not only sing sweetly as they sit on trees, but also as they play and toy about on the wing. 1872Coues N. Amer. Birds 90 Titlarks..are terrestrial and more or less gregarious birds, migratory and insectivorous.
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1799in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. III. 352 Found the beaks and titlarks reading the papers. Ibid. 355 Glossary of fashionable or cant Phrases... Titlarks, spectators at Bow Street. |