bottle-tom

noun

bottle-tom

noun

Etymology From bottle (from the shape of its nest) + the common given name Tom.

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Synonym of long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus.

[…] there is no more engaging sight than a colony of “bottle-toms” flitting along from tree to tree and from branch to branch in perfect harmony and contentment.1914, John Vaughan, Winchester Cathedral Close: Its Historical and Literary Associations, pages 160-161:

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