churr

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“Well, all I’ve got to say is, if I have the wuck to do I shall—” Churr, churry, screech, and grind.

From Patience Wins War in the Works by Fenn, George Manville

Churr, chėr, n. a low sound made by certain birds.—v.i. to make this sound.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Churr is an echo-word, and though there may be examples of echo-words which have been bettered by losing all trace of their simple spontaneous origin, this is not one.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English