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Significados de weathercock em inglês

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A movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind.

Uso de weathercock em inglês
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Now Mr. Laurence is looking up at the sky and the weathercock.
Little Women
2
I can see that weathercock, on that large house near the park.
A Complete Grammar of Esperanto
3
Round came Sir John like the Blossholme weathercock on a gusty day.
The Lady of Blossholme
4
I once read about a very nice weathercock in 'Old Mother Goose.'
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark
5
Four times two is eight, and four-onthe weathercock, you know-istwelve.
Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
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Graham, at least, was stanch and steadfast, not a weathercock like Cutler.
An Apache Princess: A Tale of the Indian Frontier
7
I'm a spineless jellyfish, a weathercock that whirls to every emotional breeze.
Big Timber: A Story of the Northwest
8
By the way, when did you put that weathercock on your stable?
Elbow-Room: A Novel Without a Plot
9
This is the song the weathercock sang early the next morning.
The Cruise of the Noah's Ark
10
But her mood changed with every breath, like the weathercock on the steeple.
In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 01
11
Coupeau described a weathercock made by one of his comrades out of tin.
L'Assommoir
12
The rusty-weathercock, my lord, is often too late for the oiling.
Frida; Or, The Lover's Leap: A Legend Of The West Country / From...
13
Rubbing his eyes, he told her to go and look at the weathercock.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts
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He'd shot a cockade off a hat and a weathercock off a building.
The Man Who Knew Too Much
15
After all, perhaps you are to be congratulated on not marrying a weathercock.
The Secret Passage
16
Then there's radiation. The boy looked at the weathercock on the garage steeple.
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