nightingale : Idioms & Phrases

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florence nightingale

  • noun English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
    Nightingale; Lady with the Lamp.
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Mock nightingale

  • (Zoöl.), the European blackcap.
  • . (Zoöl.) See Blackcap, n., 1 (a).
Webster 1913

Scotch nightingale

  • (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

swedish nightingale

  • noun Swedish soprano who toured the United States under the management of P. T. Barnum (1820-1887)
    Lind; Jenny Lind.
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Thrush nightingale

  • noun large nightingale of eastern Europe
    Luscinia luscinia.
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  • . See Nightingale, 2.
Webster 1913

Virginia nightingale

  • (Zoöl.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal.
Webster 1913