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单词 high-holder
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high-holdern.

Brit. /ˈhʌɪhəʊldə/, U.S. /ˈhaɪˌhoʊldər/
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: high-hole n.
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of high-hole n., after holder n.1, although the semantic motivation is unclear.
U.S. Now rare.
The northern flicker, Colaptes auratus; = high-hole n.
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goldenwing1785
high-hole1808
high-holder1813
yellow-shafted woodpecker1822
yellowhammer1826
pigeon woodpecker1844
wake-up1844
yellow-shafted flicker1855
1813 A. Wilson Amer. Ornithol. VII. Index High-holder.
1857 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1856: Agric. 145 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (34th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 65, Pt. 4) XVI The golden-winged wood-pecker called..‘High Holder’..in other parts.
1884 Harper's Mag. Mar. 622/1 The pigeon-hawk..is about the size of our common flicker, or high-holder.
1939 Boys' Life June 45/1 I also showed them how to make..houses for woodpeckers, high-holders, yellow hammers or flickers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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