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chimney swift
noun
- an American swift, Chateura pelagica, which often builds its nest in an unused chimney.
chimney swift
noun
- a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chimney swift1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
The chimney swift is, properly speaking, not a swallow at all, though chimney swallow is its more popular name.
From Project Gutenberg
The chimney swift has learned to nest in chimneys since the Pilgrims landed; for there were no chimneys before that time.
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The smooth chimney swift flashes above the barn and is gone.
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The eave swallow and barn swallow and the chimney swift all belie their names in the few wild haunts still uninvaded by man.
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On the wing the chimney swift looks like an athlete stripped for the race.
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