Bird Thrashing About

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Updated: October 14, 2023

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	noun • small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico • small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead
	27%	5		Given a thrashing
	noun • a stick that people can lean on to help them walk • a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane • a stiff switch, used to hit (usually students) as punishment verb • beat with a cane
	27%	6		Gives a thrashing
	noun • an implement consisting of handle with a free swinging stick at the end; used in manual threshing verb • give a thrashing to; beat hard • move like a flail; thresh about

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The Guardian Cryptic16 Jul 2014	Across 11
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