fen nightingale

noun

A frog or toad.

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Meanings

nounfen nightingale (plural fen nightingales)

plural fen nightingales

  1. UKarchaicslangA frog or toad.

    Tom Spence is a dom fule and doesn't know a fen nightingale from a natterjack.

    1934, Neil Bell, Bredon and Sons, page 15

Origin

From their continued croaking at night.

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fen nightingale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen%20nightingale

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“fen nightingale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen%20nightingale. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fen nightingale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fen%20nightingale.

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