stake-driver

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

stake +‎ driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.

Noun

stake-driver (plural stake-drivers)

An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake,‎ driver.

References

“stake-driver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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