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Hitherto nothing had broken the silence around him, but the deep cry of the bog-blitter, or bull-of-the-bog, a large species of bittern; and the sighs of the wind as it passed along the dreary morass.
Chapter I 1917
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Hitherto nothing had broken the silence around him but the deep cry of the bog-blitter, or bull-of-the-bog, a large species of bittern, and the sighs of the wind as it passed along the dreary morass.
Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801
hernesheir commented on the word bull-of-the-bog
A name given to the bittern in Scotland.
May 10, 2011
reesetee commented on the word bull-of-the-bog
Not surprising. Also see thunder-pumper for a host of other bittern nicknames.
May 11, 2011