flittermouse
Americannoun
plural
flittermicenoun
Etymology
Origin of flittermouse
Example Sentences
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From out the wood I watched them shine,— The windows of the haunted house, Now ruddy as enchanted wine, Now dark as flittermouse.
From Collected Poems 1901-1918 in Two Volumes Volume II. by De la Mare, Walter
"But me no buts! or depart as recreant, not by the door like a man, but up the chimney like a flittermouse."
From Westward Ho!, or, the voyages and adventures of Sir Amyas Leigh, Knight, of Burrough, in the county of Devon, in the reign of her most glorious majesty Queen Elizabeth by Kingsley, Charles
Indeed, as he spoke a flittermouse scurried through the air within a foot of her ear.
From Castle Craneycrow by McCutcheon, George Barr
In at least sixteen dialects a flittermouse means “a bat.”
From English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
In the light of futurity's favours Fair gratitude burgeons amain, And the flittermouse Love never wavers In truth to the Psyche of gain.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 26, 1890 by Various
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