yaffle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈjafl̩/
yaffle (plural yaffles)
- (UK, dialectal) The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 119:
- “‘Punched that rotton strap,’ he goes on saying, ‘like a gret ol' yaffle punchin' a 'ollow log!’”
- 1924, Ford Madox Ford, Some Do Not…, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 119:
- (Picus viridis) yaffingale, yaffler, woodall
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