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upland sandpiper
noun
- a large, field-inhabiting sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, of eastern North America, resembling a plover: now protected and increasing in numbers.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of upland sandpiper1
An Americanism dating back to 1825–35
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