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Curlew
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
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| curlew (ˈkɜːljuː) | |
| —n | |
| Compare stone curlew any large shore bird of the genus Numenius, such as N. arquata of Europe and Asia: family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, etc), order Charadriiformes. They have a long downward-curving bill and occur in northern and arctic regions | |
| [C14: from Old French corlieu, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
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Word Origin & History
curlew
mid-14c., from O.Fr. courlieus (13c.), said to be imitative of the bird's cry but apparently assimilated with corliu "runner, messenger," from corre "to run" (see current (adj.)). The bird is a good runner.
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