Daily Word Quiz
CAPE-NIGHTINGALE a) a frog b) a crow c) a donkey d) a buzzard Answer below. Today's Featured Word: POUCH-MOUTH ADJ. having a mouth like a pouch, i.e. with thick or protruding lips ...1565 obs. NOUN a mouth with protruding lips; a person with protruding lips ...c1570 obs. ETYMOLOGY from pouch (n.) + mouth (n.) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1565 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...Thou pouchmouth knave! Thou shalt strypes have ..." From: A Pretie New Enterlude both Pithie And Pleasant Of the Story of Kyng Daryus, 1565 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer CAPE-NIGHTINGALE a) a frog ...1889 sl.
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