chicaricn.
/ˈtʃɪkərɪk/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪkərɪk/ U.S. regional (now rare).
The turnstone, Arenaria interpres.
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1876 Forest & Stream 9 Nov. 212/3 Strepsilas interpres._Chicaric.
1877 C. Hallock Sportsman's Gazetteer 164 The names Chicaric and Chickling have reference to their rasping notes.
1951 R. H. Pough Audubon Water Bird Guide 324/1 (index) Chicaric. See Turnstone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1876- to watch over
- to watch someone's smoke
- to watch the birdie
- tobacco house
- tobacco housing
- tobacco lord
- tobacco mosaic virus
- tobacco paper
- tobacco press
- tobacco road
- tobacco roll
- tobacco shed
- tobacco streak
- tobacco swiver
- tobacco tin
- tobacco tongs
- tobacco vertigo
- tobacco worm
- tobacco-abusing
- tobacco-ash
- tobacco-box
- tobacco-breath
- tobacco-breathed
- tobacco-brown
- tobacco-cask