单词 | jenny wren |
例句 | What a hurry the jenny wren makes—hoping I shall not see her dart into the low bush. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z I had always liked the mere fact of a ha'penny; the sweetly poetic touch of putting the jenny wren - the smallest British bird - on the smallest coin, the humble farthing. Funny money 2010-04-30T15:00:00Z To-day the bogle wags, a thing of jest And open scorn; the very pipits mock it; A jenny wren, I'm told, has built her nest In one torn pocket! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 He's a pretty tough old bird to think about settin' up house with a nice young jenny wren. The Captain of the Kansas There was a jenny wren's in the hedge by the orchard. Sons and Lovers |
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