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Squab

Nice, squat, fat, short word. A short sofa, according to Elizabeth Gaskell’s North and South, though the dictionary says it...

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The tum-ti-tums of poetry

The best and most memorable summary of the difference between an 'iambic', a 'spondee' and a 'trochee', by the author...

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Dottle

This nice glottal stop word refers to the remnant of tobacco left in a pipe after smoking. In Christopher Logue’s...

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Anagnorisis

Normally referring to the moment in a play or other work when a character makes a critical discovery, perhaps understanding...

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Roucouler

The second syllable has the clue, here is how to bill and coo...

This soft word can mean to whisper...

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Quap or quop

'At the time of capture the drake had been trying to swallow a frog, by quapping with its bill, which...

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Shearling

A ewe who lambs for the first time.

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Mattock

An agricultural tool shaped like a pickaxe, with an adze and chisel edge as the ends of the head. I...

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Elver (or yelver)

'... waited for loach or beetle or shrimp or elver or troutling.'

Ever wondered what the term is for a...

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The rustling wind

A se is a 25 stringed instrument like a zither, so I like the doubling up of this character to...

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Errin-og

Williamson says this is a 'name given by fishermen to porpoises', perhaps in dialect. It doesn't appear in the massive...

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Yikker or yicker

'A score of hearts under browny-red coats beat faster at the otter's chiding yikker as she picked up her cub...

Squab

The tum-ti-tums of poetry

Dottle

Anagnorisis

Roucouler

Quap or quop

Shearling

Mattock

Elver (or yelver)

The rustling wind

Errin-og

Yikker or yicker

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