Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tunnel under a road to carry off water; a culvert.
  • noun The dunnock or hedge-sparrow, Accentor modularis. See cut under Accentor.
  • noun A titmouse or tomtit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Prov. Eng. The hedge sparrow.
  • noun The tomtit.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun UK, dialect The hedge sparrow.
  • noun The tomtit.

Etymologies

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Examples

  • The pinnock has a thick skin with a spongy lining, a bruise in it becomes like a piece of cork.

    Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

  • Some varieties perish; but the ranker, hardier kinds, like the northern spy, the greening, or the black apple, or the russet, or the pinnock, how they ripen and grow in grace, how the green becomes gold, and the bitter becomes sweet!

    Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes and Other Papers John Burroughs 1879

  • The pinnock has a thick skin with a spongy lining; a bruise in it becomes like a piece of cork.

    Winter Sunshine John Burroughs 1879

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  • A.k.a. tomtit.

    January 23, 2009