Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. See. pettichaps. - n. Any
of several species of small European songbirds of the subfamily
Sylviinae, including the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and
the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). GNU Webster's 1913 - n.
(Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small European singing
birds of the subfamily Sylviinæ, as the willow warbler, the
chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis). “a score
of miles to pick off half a dozen pettychaps, or fig-peckers;
wonderful expeditions, whence they returned with their bags
empty, or with a mere bat, which they had managed to bring down
while discharging their guns at the outskirts of the town.”
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