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flinthead

[ flint-hed ]

noun

  1. the wood stork, Mycteria americana.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of flinthead1

1790–1800, for an earlier sense; flint + head

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Example Sentences

Flinthead led out a horse, mounted and rode down a lane, propping the gates open as he went.

"Well, you and Mr. Potter and Mr. Flinthead just keep out of it," said Adine emphatically.

Woe to the unlucky fish or luckless rat upon whom a blow falls from the Flinthead's heavy beak!

On the morning of the roundup young Goff and Flinthead made a wide detour to appear at the easternmost side.

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