bullfinch

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun United States architect who designed the Capitol Building in Washington which served as a model for state capitols throughout the United States (1763-1844)
noun common European finch mostly black and white with red throat and breast

From bull + finch.

*Bullfinch and the Maker of Wooden Shoes. — The best short stories of 1920, and the yearbook of the American short story, Unknown
“So do I,” piped the other like a rather more melancholy bullfinch. — A pair of blue eyes, Thomas Hardy
How curious is the structure of the nest of the Bullfinch or Chaffinch! — Chatterbox Stories of Natural History, Anonymous

Charles Bullfinch

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