Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch folk art motif of a bird or birds symbolizing good luck and happiness.
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- noun A
stylized goldfinch inPennsylvania Dutch folk art , representing happiness and good fortune.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Feed mii scraple en cawl mii a distelfink, butt WT-teknoe!
u see teh arrow on mai hed? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Another such word is geoduck, which is pronounced "gooey duck"; a less violently dissonant, but still unpredictable, spelling is distelfink, which according to Merriam-Webster's is pronounced DISH-tlfink it's from Pennsylvania Dutch dischdelfink 'goldfinch', although the AHD gives the normalized DIST-lfink.
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They have groovy geometric folk symbols said to have magical properties: a heart for love, the distelfink a cute bird for good luck and happiness.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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They have groovy geometric folk symbols said to have magical properties: a heart for love, the distelfink a cute bird for good luck and happiness.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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They have groovy geometric folk symbols said to have magical properties: a heart for love, the distelfink a cute bird for good luck and happiness.
Home Swell Home Cynthia Rowley 2002
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If you stole someone's five-foot good luck distelfink, the Pennsylvania Dutch would like to speak ...
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