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CHIFF-CHAFF

\t͡ʃˈɪft͡ʃˈaf], \t‍ʃˈɪft‍ʃˈaf], \tʃ_ˈɪ_f_tʃ_ˈa_f]\

Definitions of CHIFF-CHAFF

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); - called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); - called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

chif'-chaf, n. a small species of Warbler, so called from the resemblance of its notes to the syllables which form its name.

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Bird of Warbler family.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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