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Meanings of old owl in English

Poem by Nima Yushij.

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Examples for "an old owl"
Examples for "an old owl"
1
Away up in the back corner of the attic sat an old owl.
Buffalo Roost / A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association B...
2
This is the simple explanation, which anybody but an old owl like the Prime Minister-
'That Very Mab'
3
Tell us all about the lost Prince. Then an old owl, not Glimfeather, related the story.
The silver chair
4
The first place he came to was an old hollow stump, where an old owl had once lived.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels
5
So Billy Bunny took the Luckymobile around to the barn, and just then an old owl began to toot:
Billy Bunny and Uncle Bull Frog
Usage of old owl in English
1
Emma finds a message for Hippy in the hoot of the old owl.
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods
2
Away up in the back corner of the attic sat an old owl.
Buffalo Roost / A Story of a Young Men's Christian Association B...
3
There sat the old owl winking and blinking in a corner.
Brothers of Pity and Other Tales of Beasts and Men
4
Tell me, I prithee, little bird-woman, what is the wise old owl saying?
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods
5
Dad gum my hide, think of it, you solemn-faced old owl!
Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
6
That's what comes of you keeping the silly old owl.
The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island; or, Marooned Among the Game-f...
7
He thought: What does that old owl want with me?
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
8
The old owl had fled before the young vulture.
Les Misérables
9
This is the simple explanation, which anybody but an old owl like the Prime Minister-
'That Very Mab'
10
It was clear that the old owl was afraid.
Amberville
11
But for all his great eyes, the old owl could not see a single rabbit.
The Magic Speech Flower / or Little Luke and His Animal Friends
12
He must remain alone in his old owl's nest.
Maezli: A Story of the Swiss Valleys
13
This seemed right to Sami, for he didn't want to hear the old owl hoot.
What Sami Sings with the Birds
14
How the pompous old owl will fret and fume!
The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain
15
Don't know I'm on the earth, you old owl?
A Daughter of the Dons: A Story of New Mexico Today
16
Gruffly the selfish old owl bade them enter, and grudgingly invited them to share his supper.
Good Stories for Great Holidays / Arranged for Story-Telling and...
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