“whisky john”的英文意思

单词

whisky john

释义

whisky john|ˈhwɪskɪ dʒɒn|
In 8 whiski-; 20 wiskajon.
[Corruption of the American Indian name (Cree wiskatjan, Montagnais wishkutshan).]
= prec.
1772Phil. Trans. LXII. 386 Lanius..Excubitor... Great Butcher-bird... Cinereous Shrike... White Whiskijohn at Hudson's Bay... Corvus..Canadensis... Cinereous Crow... These birds are called Whiskijohn and Whiskijack at the Hudson's Bay.1856Ballantyne Fur Traders xi, Whisky-johns are the most impudent, puffy, conceited, little birds that exist.1912E. T. Seton Arctic Prairies 301 Each morning..gray Wiskajon and his mate..came wailing through the woods.

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