Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The golden-winged woodpecker or flicker, Colaptes auratus.
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Examples
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When the highhole perforated the ice-house and let out the sawdust, you called him a lunatic ....
The Other Animals 2010
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Under unusual circumstances it still does the usual thing, wherefore the highhole perforating the ice-house is guilty of lunacy — of unreason, in short.
The Other Animals 2010
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When the highhole perforated the ice-house and let out the sawdust, you called him a lunatic ....
The Other Animals 1910
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Under unusual circumstances it still does the usual thing, wherefore the highhole perforating the ice-house is guilty of lunacy — of unreason, in short.
The Other Animals 1910
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He tells of the highhole that repeatedly drills through the clap-boards of an empty house in a vain attempt to find a thickness of wood deep enough in which to build its nest.
Revolution, and Other Essays Jack London 1896
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When the highhole perforated the icehouse and let out the sawdust, you called him a lunatic
Revolution, and Other Essays Jack London 1896
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Under unusual circumstances it still does the usual thing, wherefore the highhole perforating the ice-house is guilty of lunacy -- of unreason, in short.
Revolution, and Other Essays Jack London 1896
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I have seen a sharp-shinned hawk pick up a highhole from the turf in a twinkling under just such conditions.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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Pages 31, 79, 95: Retained inconsistent spellings of highhole/high-hole.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
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A highhole alights on the ground in full view in the orchard twenty yards away, and, spying my motionless figure, pauses and regards me long and intently.
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879
hernesheir commented on the word highhole
It's a bird.
January 3, 2013