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bullfinch
1[ bool-finch ]
noun
- a European finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula, often kept as a pet, the male of which has a black, white, and bluish-gray back and a rosy breast.
- any of several related or similar birds.
bullfinch
2[ bool-finch ]
noun
- a hedge high enough to impede mounted hunters.
bullfinch
1/ ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ /
noun
- a high thick hedge too difficult for a horse and rider to jump
bullfinch
2/ ˈbʊlˌfɪntʃ /
noun
- a common European finch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula : the male has a bright red throat and breast, black crown, wings, and tail, and a grey-and-white back
- any of various similar finches
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bullfinch1
Origin of bullfinch2
First recorded in 1825–35; of uncertain origin
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bullfinch1
C19: perhaps changed from the phrase bull fence
Origin of bullfinch2
C14: see bull 1, finch ; probably so called from its stocky shape and thick neck
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Example Sentences
Little Blue—Bullfinch's tail feather for wings, dark blue silk for body, dark blue hackle for legs, tail do.
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See my colours how bright they are, so that you would hardly know me from a bullfinch.
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There was nothing that Rachel was anxious to carry away with her but a little bullfinch, of which she was very fond.
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The bold and handsome bullfinch builds in the low hawthorn hedge which bounds it upon one side.
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Now, Bullfinch was that broker with whom the Colonel had his dealings.
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