Crossword-Solution: CANVASBACKS
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EATRE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CANVASBACKS (5)
Even the canvasbacks must feed on a certain kind of wild celery; the oysters be dredged from a particular cove, and the terrapin drawn from their beds with the Hodges' coat of arms cut in their backs before they would be allowed a place on the ex-clerk's table.
DUCKS AND OYSTERS I have heard Captain Smith say more than once, that he had seen flocks of ducks a full mile wide and five or six miles long, wherein canvasbacks, mallard, widgeon, redheads, dottrel, sheldrake, and teal swam wing to wing, actually crowding each other.
The supple Patrick Henry Hanway thanked the aristocracy for the honor, took the place, and carried out their wishes for patrolling oysterbeds, protecting canvasbacks, and preventing foreclosures.
When this news was understood by men, the shocked aristocracy let their canvasbacks grow cold and their burgundy stand untasted.
Flying goldeneyes make a whistling sound; wood ducks move with a swish; canvasbacks make a steady rushing sound.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Newsday, USA TODAY.
Used 3 times in crossword archives (2001–2019).