Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as yellowlegs. Compare greenshank, redshank.

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Examples

  • “I don’t know,” de Gier said, “all I can see is a fat yellowshank.”

    Tumbleweed Van de Wetering, Janwillem 1976

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