stake-driver
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From stake + driver; so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud.
Noun
stake-driver (plural stake-drivers)
- An American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus).
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stake, driver.
References
- “stake-driver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.