Associations to the word «Lapwing»

Wiktionary

LAPWING, noun. Any of several medium-sized wading birds belonging to the subfamily Vanellinae within family Charadriidae.
LAPWING, noun. A silly man.

Dictionary definition

LAPWING, noun. Large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope