bobolinkn.
/ˈbɒbəlɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈbɑbəˌlɪŋk/ U.S.
A North American singing-bird ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus), which appears in the northern states in spring, and returns southwards at the end of summer. Called also Reed-bird and Rice-bird.
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1774 J. Adams Diary 24 Oct. (1961) II. 156 Young Ned Rutledge is a perfect Bob o' Lincoln.
1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 189 This species is known in the country by the names of Bob-Lincoln and Conquedle.
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 210 Boblincoln.
1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. ii. v. 118 In the merry month of June,..[when] the luxurious little Boblincon revels among the clover blossoms of the meadows.
1826 T. Flint Recoll. Last Ten Years 243 Those merry and chattering birds, that we call bob-a-link, or French blackbird.
1839 W. Irving Chron. Wolfert's Roost (1855) 33 The happiest bird of our spring..is the Boblincon, or Boblink, as he is commonly called.
1840 C. F. Hoffman Greyslaer III. i. 104 There he goes..singing for all the world like a Bob-a-linkum on the wing.
1847 Tom Pepper I. 145 I heard her voice, which was sweeter than a bob-o'-linck's.
1849 T. Parker Wks. VII. 243 Who listen to the whippoorwill and the bobolink.
1855 in Life W. Irving IV. 163 The history of the boblink, or bob-o-lincoln.
1879 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (rev. ed.) 372 The bobolink has come.
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