Yaffler

dial. [f. YAFFLE v. + -ER¹.] The green woodpecker: = YAFFLE sb.¹

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1802. [see YAFFLE sb.¹].

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1840. Macgillivray, Brit. Birds, III. 91. Picus viridis. The Green Woodpecker…. Yaffler. Yappingale.

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1863. J. C. Atkinson, Stanton Grange, 70. Ta’n’t a yaffler’s [nest]; it’s a black and white woodpecker’s.

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1906. W. H. Hudson, in Sat. Rev., 10 Feb., 169/1. I thought that would touch you, woodpecker! Ha, ha, ha—who’s the yaffler now?

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