Wordie [wûrd • ē]
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30 wordies list
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first listed by:
rosemilk (105 words)
appears in these lists:
KaeZoo's Words, by KaeZoo
Chromonyms, by mollusque
-ling, by roseandivy
Favorite Words , by onegoodbee
words i love, by allure
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From By Hook or By Crook by David Crystal: "It is from Old English, steor + ling, 'spotted'. In the eighteenth century, two men who slept with the same woman were said to be brother-starlings. In the nineteenth century, the police used to refer to someone under surveillance as a starling – a person who had been 'spotted', a 'marked man'." (p 81)