kwikstaart, noun
- Origin:
- DutchShow more Dutch, kwik lively, brisk, spirited + staart tail.
obs.
quickstertje.
1810 G. Barrington Acct of Voy. 302The kuikendief [printed kwickendreff] and kwikstaart are also known in Europe, but I know not their English names.
1822 W.J. Burchell Trav. I. 30In most countries there are some few birds to which man has allowed the privilege of approaching him without molestation...At the Cape, the familiarity..of the Cape wagtail is greatly owing to the same cause. [Source Note: Motacilla capensis...It is called Kwikstaart in the colony.]
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