proud tailor
English regional (now historical )
noun
The goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis.
- ‘Perhaps this bird is called proud tailor, because his plumage is varied like a suit of clothes made out of remnants of different colours, such as a tailor might be supposed to wear.’ (George Steevens, quoted in Bell's Ed. Shakespeare (1788) XI. 104)..
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in Daines Barrington (1727/8–1800), judge, antiquary, and naturalist.
- languaged
- language death
- language disorder
- language engineer
- language engineering
- language event
- language family
- language game
- language group
- language-impaired
- language lab
- language laboratory
- languageless
- language loyalty
- language master
- language nest
- language of flowers
- language organ
- language-particular
- language planner
- language planning
- language police
- languager
- language rights
- language school