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- noun Plural form of
whippoorwill .
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Examples
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Some other birds on the declining list are Chuck-wills-widows (aka whippoorwills) and nighthawks.
News for Opelika-Auburn News Opelika-Auburn News 2010
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One comes from some kind of bird squawking; another I happen to know is a night heron looking for a supper along the water's edge; then I suppose coons squabble when they meet, trailing over half sunken logs; a bobcat calls to its mate; the owls tune up; chuckwillswidows, the same birds that we call whippoorwills up North, you know, keep a whooping all the time; and there are all sorts of other noises that might stand for anything.
Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat St. George Rathborne
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Hit it hard before the aluminus flotilla hatch (aluminum canoes) and then spend sleepless nights chasing the hex hatch (hexagenia limbata mayfly) and listening to the whippoorwills in late June/early July.
Has anyone got any tips on fly fishing the ausable river in michigan? 2009
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Hit it hard before the aluminus flotilla hatch (aluminum canoes) and then spend sleepless nights chasing the hex hatch (hexagenia limbata mayfly) and listening to the whippoorwills in late June/early July.
Has anyone got any tips on fly fishing the ausable river in michigan? 2009
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The desire to escape the rat race, till the land, raise your own chickens, listen to the whippoorwills and otherwise escape the grind of city life has launched countless daydreams, many books and at least one highly annoying TV show: "Green Acres."
Tug-of-War With Nature Dave Shiflett 2011
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She called out to him several times but there was no sound except for the whippoorwills with their evening song.
Clearing Mary Capps 2011
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As the whippoorwills began their evening tributes, he dreamed of Hattie and the life they had built together, and the love he had for his son.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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As the whippoorwills began their evening tributes, he dreamed of Hattie and the life they had built together, and the love he had for his son.
The Highest Price for Passion Laurinda D. Brown 2008
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They heard name-saying birds such as whippoorwills and phoebes.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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They heard name-saying birds such as whippoorwills and phoebes.
Underworld Don Delillo 2008
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