Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In heraldry, a swallow used as a bearing.
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Examples
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Bevis Tower, science declares, was named probably after another Bevis -- there was one at the Battle of Lewes, who took prisoner Richard, King of the Romans, and was knighted for it -- while Arundel is a corruption of "hirondelle," a swallow.
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
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THE GIRL FROM PARIS (Une hirondelle a fait le printemps)
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009
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Good for you stunney, but une hirondelle ne fait pas le printemps.
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Chalumeau de Verneuil and de la Roquette who accepted the opinion of the naturalist Cuvier that the _Garjao_ was the _hirondelle de mer_, the
The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 Various 1884
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_ "'Mon grand père était rossignol; Ma grand mère était hirondelle!"
Peter Ibbetson George Du Maurier 1865
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'Guifette,' Rene gave the word, 'or in Provence, Rondinel della mar -- hirondelle de la mer!'
Two Penniless Princesses Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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We will be troubled no more either with cotyles or capsules, but recollect simply that Hirundo, [Greek: chelidôn], swallow, schwalbe, and hirondelle, are in each language the sufficing single words for the entire Hirundine race.
Love's Meinie Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds John Ruskin 1859
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A ceux qui croient qu'une hirondelle budgétaire fait le printemps économique, il convient de rappeler que la méthode Coué ne fonctionne jamais très longtemps dans l'univers de la croissance.
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jinglebelljosie commented on the word hirondelle
French for "Swallow"
February 28, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word hirondelle
A term used in heraldry.
December 6, 2010