(16) The hard flutter of their wings in the wind is as unmistakable as racehorse hoof beats. Robert William Chambers, The Younger Set. (15) Cat felt a flutter in the pit of her stomach and instinctively pulled her leg away. flutter ( third-person singular simple present flutters, present participle fluttering, simple past and past participle fluttered) ( intransitive) To flap or wave quickly but irregularly. (14) Words that inspired generations cause a dyspeptic flutter in some intellectual breasts. (13) Lost in her thoughts, she missed the light flutter of eyelids from the body on the bed. ![]() (12) I felt my heart flutter in my chest as butterflies stirred in my stomach. (10) there was a flutter of wings at the window (11) She was careful not to turn her head as she heard the flutter of wings behind her. (9) Champagne was served before noon to kick-start the day, and a bookmaker was even invited to take bets should anyone fancy a flutter. (8) Remember that it's your comfortable retirement you're talking about, not a flutter on the horses. (7) She breathed a sigh of relief, and felt her heart give a warm flutter of excitement. (6) Children, teenagers and adults flutter to the local courts in search of enjoyment and exercise. that the wind, as it made the sails flutter, fell in love with them. (5) Some people enjoy a little flutter, and see gambling as a harmless leisure activity. But well come to that first, lets address the meaning of Enobarbus speech. (4) Any fans who fancy a consolation flutter should opt for 2-to Villarreal as history suggests this fate awaits them at El Madrigal on March 7. (3) Feeling a strange flutter in the pit of my stomach, I looked away. (2) Tiny winged creatures flutter about, causing the children to duck and wave their arms. "But me no buts! or depart as recreant, not by the door like a man, but up the chimney like a flittermouse.(1) He touched Jeff's name slightly, then let the page flutter to the floor. ![]() Thus in _The Voyage of Maeldune_, he has the striking line: "Our voices were thinner and fainter than any flittermouse-shriek." In at least sixteen dialects a _ flittermouse_ means "a bat."Įnglish Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873 I know not if it is owl or flittermouse I could fancy it was ![]() Well! (may it count to me as gain!), rather than seem to offend him I lay down in that manger, though I had no more desire to sleep than has the flittermouse in our Sussex gloamings also I was careful to offer no money, for that is brutality. Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies The Missing Pearl Necklace Alice B. "Right - _a flittermouse_!" agreed Ruth, suddenly bursting into a laugh. The phrase is another way of saying I fancy someone and is regularly used by the Islanders in the villa. “But me no buts! or depart as recreant, not by the door like a man, but up the chimney like a flittermouse.”Īfter that he greased it with the fat of a bat or flittermouse, to see if it was not written with the sperm of a whale, which some call ambergris.įive books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002 The meaning behind the word is to be rejected by someone. Soon after the May garlands the meadow orchis comes up, which is called 'dead men's hands,' and after that the 'ram's-horn' orchis, which has a twisted petal and in the evening the bat, which they call flittermouse, appears again.įield and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies Richard Jefferies 1867
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