bullspink

plural bullspinks

1. dialectalobsoleteA chaffinch or a bullfinch.

   Eh ! what a grand shop this is ! It's makin me feel as pyert as a bullspink, an' as leet i' th' anclif as a gruand !

   1895, John Trafford Clegg, “Calder Valley”, in The Works of John Trafford Clegg ["Th' Owd Weighver."] Stories, Sketches, and Rhymes, Chiefly in the Rochdale Dialect, Rochdale: The Aldine Press, page 397, column 2

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   Their haunts are stubble fields, and in very severe weather, farm-yards, where they feed among the chaff and refuse of the corn; hence they get the name of Chaffinch. In Yorkshire this bird is known by the name Bullspink.

   1794, James Bolton, “Nest and Eggs of the Chaffinch”, in Harmonia Ruralis; or, An Essay towards a Natural History of British Song Birds, volume 1, page 24

   Chaffinch. Fringilla celebs. A common resident. Locally known as the ‘bullspink.’ Observed above Angram, at 1,050 feet.

   1886 July 29, W. Eagle Clarke, W. Denison Roebuck, William Storey, “Upper Nidderdale and Its Fauna”, in Wm. Denison Roebuck, editor, The Naturalist, number 132, London, page 200