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That’s because every year around the beginning of March, the first migratory bird to arrive in the city, the American woodcock, also known as the bogsucker, mudbat, or timberdoodle, shows up there — and to judge by bird Twitter, the species spends its layover almost exclusively there.
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Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2022
Seconds later Gypsy led us to the bird and Ramus picked up the first timberdoodle of his hunting life.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
Willy Blackmore, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2022
Seconds later Gypsy led us to the bird and Ramus picked up the first timberdoodle of his hunting life.
—Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2017
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Word History
Etymology
timber entry 1 + doodle cock
First Known Use
1856, in the meaning defined above
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“Timberdoodle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/timberdoodle. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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