Cuckow
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cuckow is a noun meaning Obsolete form of cuckoo.
Meaning
Obsolete form of cuckoo.
Example Sentences
This employment was very irksome to him in every respect, […] Mr. Hector recollects his writing 'that the poet had described the dull sameness of his existence in these words, "Vitam continet una dies" (one day contains the whole of my life); that it was unvaried as the note of the cuckow; and that he did not know whether it was more disagreeable for him to teach, or the boys to learn, the grammar rules.'
Word Forms
- cuckows
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include turkie, fowle, emew, cowch, faulcon, cowheard.
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