Bob Lincoln

noun

The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

Meanings

nounBob Lincoln (plural Bob Lincolns)

plural Bob Lincolns

  1. CanadaUSThe bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).

    […] my first impression was, "there is a Bob Lincoln."

    1840, Philip Henry Gosse, The Canadian naturalist : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada, page 131

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Origin

Imitative of the bird's call, like bobolink.

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