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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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HAVOC-BURD, n.comb. Applied in pl. to flocks of small birds which congregate in fields after harvest; “they are of different sorts, though all of the linnet tribe” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 256).
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