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Example sentences for: crow

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A few examples follow: dipper duck for the pied-billed grebe; jakes for young male turkeys (their elders are toms); loopwood or witch hobble for the hobblebush ( Viburnum alnifolium ) because the stems bend over and grow roots at the tips creating a loop that can abruptly trip a hiker in snowy woods; pippin , not for the apple, but for the tangy, red berry of wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens); pugger for ferret; quong-queedle for the bobolink; rain crow for the cuckoo, often heard before rain; scoke (or skoke ) for pokeweed ( Phytolacca americana ) of Massachusett Indian origin; skipper for a young deer; and finally an imaginative one, whippoorwill shoes for the lady's slipper orchid (Cypripedium acaule) .
Some names ( Beaver, Blackfoot, Crow, Dog-Rib, Hare, Stone ) are English translations of Indian ones.
In the WP 's second piece, free-market advocates crow over Japan's recent setbacks, claiming victory for the U.S. system.
But when federal troops pulled out, the bans returned, along with a whole complex of new discriminatory laws known as Jim Crow.
Useful spoonerisms substitute a common or meaningful phrase for another when transposition occurs, as when “the movement was dealt a crushing blow” becomes “the movement was dealt a blushing crow .” Changing “there's a cozy nook in my kitchen” to “there's a nosey cook in my kitchen” not only introduces a totally new meaning, but also injects humor.