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/ˈwʊd.kɒk/ · noun
Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage..
"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"
The woodcook is not only a culinary delight but it is reputed to increase seminal fluid.
If I loved you not, I would laugh at you, and see you / Run your neck into the noose, and cry, "A woodcock!"
"Now will that silly woodcock make such a report of what I have said to his chosen friend," observed Sir Robert to his companion when my Lord Cobham was out of hearing[…]
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Woodcock means Any of several wading birds in the genus Scolopax, characterised by a long slender bill and cryptic brown and blackish plumage..
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"[A]h, that was the woodcock and the goatsucker - yes, yes! it sounds strange to him, that hasn't heard him[.]"
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