killdee

[ kil-dee ]

noun

, Dialect.

1. killdeer.

Example Sentences

Killdee, kil′dē, n. the largest variety of North American ring-plover.

From Project Gutenberg

Killdee, killdee, he calls with his high voice when alarmed—and he is usually beset by fears, real or imaginary—but when at peace, his voice is sweet and low.

From Project Gutenberg

Ez I war a-ridin' along through the woods this mornin' I kem acrost a striplin' lad a-walkin' through the undergrowth ez onconsarned ez a killdee an' ez nimble.

From Project Gutenberg

There is Killdee who ploughed on Green Thursday—Ascension Day—the day Jesus went back to God, wherefore he expected to be scourged, and was, for that night his little girl, Baby Rose, was burnt to death in the cookfire.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most of the stories are about Killdee, his wife, Rose, and Missie, the little changeling with the pointed chin, the curving lips, the delicate bluish bloom on black cheeks, who came to stay with them.

From Time Magazine Archive