What does quist mean?
Quist means (UK Midlands) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK Midlands) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus..
It got me thinking about other names we used to call things when we were younger that for some reason as I got older we stopped doing.¶ For example the common woody was a quist, and the sparrow that we so used to love hunting on the summer hedgerows, once the wheat had been cut, were "spugs or spuggies"
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Quist means (UK Midlands) The wood pigeon, Columba palumbus..
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It got me thinking about other names we used to call things when we were younger that for some reason as I got older we stopped doing.¶ For example the common woody was a quist, and the sparrow that we so used to love hunting on the summer hedgerows, once the wheat had been cut, were "spugs or spuggies"
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