Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PET'TY-CHAPS
PET'TY-CHAPS, n.
A small bird of the genus Motacilla, called also beambird found in the north of Europe. – Pennant. The beambird is the spotted fly-catcher, of the genus Muscicapa. – Ed. Encyc.
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