10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HORNYWINK»
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THE MIST AND THE MOOR. BY HORNYWINK. Chap. III. Notwithstanding the
horrible tragedy narrated in the preceding chapters, and the loss of the first day's
sport indirectly occasioned thereby, the whole party at length met together at ...
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The New sporting magazine
THE MIST AND THE MOOR. BY HORNYWINK. (Continued.; Sir Nicholas had
ceased for several minutes to narrate the history of the bold Highlander, and was
expecting to hear some remarks upon the gallant style of his escape ; but,
although ...
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The Sporting magazine; or Monthly calendar of the ...
THE MIST AND THE MOOR. BT HORNYWINK. Chap. III. Notwithstanding the
horrible tragedy narrated in the preceding chapters, and the loss of the first day's
sport indirectly occasioned thereby, the whole' party at length met together at ...
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Report and Transactions - The Devonshire Association for the ...
There is, incidentally, nothing particularly new about the confusion, since in
nineteenth-century Cornwall the word hornywink was allegedly already being
used of a slug and even, it seems, of a toad. Now the widely known hodmandod,
with its ...
Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art,
2008
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Dartmoor Days, or Scenes in the forest. A poem
... And tales of sport that never tire ' Are told around the glowing fire ; While
goblets filled with mountain dew Invigorate the frame anew. * Hornywink is the
Dartmoor name for the peewit. Come Fitz, my boy, that ballad sing, A charming
stave;
Edward William Lewis DAVIES,
1863
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The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'.
239 TBE MIST AND THE MOOR — BY HORNYWINK . . 240 THE SPORTSMAN'S
PROGRESS — BY FOX . . . 244 DONCASTER DOINGS — BY GAYHURST . . .
247 THE THAMES REGATTA — THE START FROM PUTNEY . 254 THE FINE ...
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The English dialect dictionary
(JAM.) 8. pl. llorned cattle. Rxb. (JAM.) HORNYWINK, sb. Dev. Cor. Also written
horneywink Cord; horniwink Dev. Cor. ; and in forms hornywick Dev.; hornywig n.
Dev.; hornywinky Cong; horrywink Cor.l 1. The lapwing, Vane/Ins vulgaris. Dev.
The Wildlife Companion is for anyone who has ever heard a bird sing, watched a moth flutter against a light, or ambled through a bluebell wood and wondered, just for a moment, how such a diverse and beautiful natural world could possibly ...
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Ross Poldark: A Novel of Cornwall 1783 - 1787
No, I'd rather talk to Odgers, half-starved little hornywink though he is. But I want
none of them.' 'If you change your mind,' said Charles, 'send Jud over with a
message. Aarf!' Joshua grunted. 'I shall know soon enough. But even if there was
...
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Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes
Master Frank stogged in the mires, indeed ; nit he, Sally, nr> ' more than I be ;
there s never a mire nor yet a mucksy-pot in all ' the moor wid hold un ; he'd be in
and out o' 'em quick as a ' hornywink, and away to go like any skittycock. But
there ...