Bob Lincoln

English

Etymology

Imitative of the bird's call, like bobolink.

Noun

Bob Lincoln (plural Bob Lincolns)

  1. (US, Canada) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
    • 1840, Philip Henry Gosse, The Canadian naturalist : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada, page 131:
      […] my first impression was, "there is a Bob Lincoln."
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