Bird-Keep
Written bird-kippy Dor.1 To frighten birds off new- sown corn and crops.
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Written bird-kippy Dor.1 To frighten birds off new- sown corn and crops.
Joseph Wright, English Dialect Dictionary (1898–1905)
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