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English : variant spelling of Chaffin.
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English (of Norman origin) : descriptive nickname for a bald man, from Middle English chaffin, a diminutive of Old French chauf ‘bald’ (Latin calvus).All present-day English bearers of the name Chaffin are descended from John Chaffin (died 1658), a blacksmith of Bruton, Somerset. The surname is now much more common in America than in England.
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English : from Middle English spink ‘chaffinch’ (probably of imitative origin), hence a nickname bestowed on account of some fancied resemblance to the bird.
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English : variant of Chaffin.
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The chaffinch; -- called also roberd.
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A genus of birds, with a short, conical, pointed bill. It formerly included all the sparrows and finches, but is now restricted to certain European finches, like the chaffinch and brambling.
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of Chaff
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A bird of Europe (Fringilla coelebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.
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The chaffinch; -- so named from its call note.
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The chaffinch; -- so called from the white bands on the wing.
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The chaffinch.
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A bird that feeds on wheat, especially the chaffinch.
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The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.
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The chaffinch.
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The chaffinch.
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The chaffinch.
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The chaffinch, whose cry is thought to foretell rain.
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A chaffinch.