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poor-will
[ poor-wil ]
noun
- a goatsucker, Phalaenoptilus nuttallii, of western North America.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of poor-will1
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; imitative
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Example Sentences
I hear a whip-poor-will away off somewhere in the distance, and it's too mournful a sound for my mood.
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A whip-poor-will called, and its neighbor answered it like an echo.
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I feel melancholy as a whip-poor-will and took up pen and paper to sigh melodiously to you.
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Then a night hawk screamed, a whip-poor-will complained, a belated killdeer swept the sky, and the night wind sang a louder song.
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A whip-poor-will wailed in the swamp and beside the blue-bordered pool a chat complained disconsolately.
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