Crossword-Solution: WATTLE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Wattle | n. | A twig or flexible rod; hence, a hurdle made of such rods. |
| Wattle | n. | A rod laid on a roof to support the thatch. |
| Wattle | n. | A naked fleshy, and usually wrinkled and highly colored, process of the skin hanging from the chin or throat of a bird or reptile. |
| Wattle | n. | Barbel of a fish. |
| Wattle | n. | The astringent bark of several Australian trees of the genus Acacia, used in tanning; -- called also wattle bark. |
| Wattle | n. | The trees from which the bark is obtained. See Savanna wattle, under Savanna. |
| Wattle | v. t. | To bind with twigs. |
| Wattle | v. t. | To twist or interweave, one with another, as twigs; to form a network with; to plat; as, to wattle branches. |
| Wattle | v. t. | To form, by interweaving or platting twigs. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with WATTLE (5)
When the wattle-blooms are drooping in the sombre she-oak glade, And the breathless land is lying in a swoon, He leaves his work a moment, leaning lightly on his spade, And he hears the bell-bird chime the Austral noon.
The wattle blooms above him, and the blue bells blow close by, And the brown bees buzz the secret, and the wild birds sing reply.
And yet, as long as sheoaks sigh and wattle-blossoms bloom, The world shall hear the drivel of the poets of the tomb.
Lightly the breath of the spring wind blows, Though laden with faint perfume, 'Tis the fragrance rare that the bushman knows, The scent of the wattle bloom.
And I'm making home to mother -- and it's hard for me to die! But it's harder still, is keeping out of gaol! You can ride the old horse over to my grave across the dip Where the wattle bloom is waving overhead.
Quotes with WATTLE (1)
Families could often trace their lineage back several centuries. Their livelihood was earned from drum playing, a service considered to be dis-respectable. As members of a low caste, the drummers were forbidden to build decent houses. There were allowed to build wattle and daub huts, and to live rent-free on their patrons' properties. The right to own the country's land was restricted in this manner, a vicious condition that arose through tradition and was reinforced by law. …
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Appears in: Boston Globe, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 28 times in crossword archives (1954–2023).