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Word: siskin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...years I have worked here at the courthouse, and every year until last I saw hundreds and hundreds of the beautiful little pine siskin on the lawn, as the dandelions first went to seed. This year the tally was 17 or 18. And they didn't behave in a normal manner, for instead of spending a week or so here, they hung around as though lost until a few days ago -the last time I noted them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 22, 1969 | 8/22/1969 | See Source »

...wife and two children were using a station wagon and a tent. Neither family fished, but they sailed and hiked. Bird Lover Painter delighted in helping the children discover some wonderful birds-a hoarse raven that flapped over the yellow pines, a broad-tailed hummingbird, a pine siskin, a violet green swallow, bluebirds and chickadees, orioles and woodpeckers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Recreation: Ah, Wilderness? | 7/14/1961 | See Source »

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