thriller
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One day by accident he came upon the triller.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I have been a flirt and a triller, and I refused him cruelly, heartlessly, for that old man.
From The Unseen Bridgegroom or, Wedded For a Week by Fleming, May Agnes
That day his brookside singer became the Song-sparrow; the brown triller, the Veery Thrush.
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
This time, as was usually the case, I heard the little triller before seeing him, and was sure it was Passerina amœna, as the bunting strains were plainly discernible.
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
For a while I eyed the tree, and presently caught sight of the little triller, and behold, it was—a summer warbler!
From Birds of the Rockies by Keyser, Leander S. (Leander Sylvester)
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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