seagull
Americannoun
noun
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a popular name for gull 1
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a casual wharf labourer who is not a trade-union member
Etymology
Origin of seagull
Example Sentences
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For 137 years it has welcomed locals, tourists and one very persistent seagull.
From BBC
A Turkish amateur footballer has gone viral for saving a seagull's life with CPR after it was struck down during an Istanbul match.
From Barron's
A footballer acted on a wing and a prayer when he gave emergency CPR to a seagull after it was hit by a ball during a match in Istanbul this week -- reviving the bird.
From Barron's
It owes nothing to Chekhov — though there are seagulls — but much to a classically Russian sense of humor and a Chaplinesque ingenuity.
From Los Angeles Times
She hummed as she measured and marked her charts, and she sang so loudly when she climbed Lookout Palm to check for sails that a seagull dropped his fish.
From Literature
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