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n. - Small brownish European songbird.

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  • Not so its near orthographic neighbour the dunnock, which may not be too well, numbers-wise, but is still with us.
  • The coldest December on record had driven them to warmer climes, and during the day I managed to miss goldfinch, greenfinch, dunnock and song thrush as well.
  • It moved with the jerky progress of a mouse, a lovely bird full of bright character, like a runt dunnock, severely streaked but with a cocked tail and a beady eye, and...
  • And Hareton has been cast out like an unfledged dunnock!
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