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native companion
native companion
noun
- another name for the brolga
Word History and Origins
Origin of native companion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of native companion1
Example Sentences
The native companion, a bird of very much the same habits and size as the wild turkey, but very different from him in plumage and appearance, also frequents the plains, and is often found in very large flocks.
Hans did what he could, it is true, but he was either less skilful or less fortunate than his native companion.
My diary records that on one occasion we had a young native companion, "roast, with forcemeat," for dinner, and that it was "delicious."
But I looked on that place with the less interest, though from what my native companion told me the head of the house is a monarch more absolute and undisputed in this wild country than most eastern kings are to-day.
Malcolm understood instantly that his native companion had found the ekka-wallah more communicative.
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