"whickerbill" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: whickerbill

Filed Under: English

Part of Speech: n.

The part of speech reflects that used in the full entry, and not necessarily the part of speech as it is used in the quotation below.

Quotation: News From Our Whickerbill Correspondent. Goat Gap, Illinois, Speshul to Indedepenent. It if twernt for Nudge Squat sayin what Nudge said to the Thumpit twins, Nudge would soon be at his spring plowin.

Article or Document Title:
“News From Our Whickerbill Correspondent”

Author:
Bill Pucker

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Independent

Publishing Location:
Murphysboro, Illinois

Date of Publication:
Jan. 28, 1948

Page Number:
7

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