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WAXWING
waxwing
(noun) brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
waxwing (plural waxwings)
Any of several songbirds of the genus Bombycilla, having crested heads, and red tips to the wings.
Source: Wiktionary
Wax"wing`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
(verb) obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling; “he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends”
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