Bob Lincoln

English

Etymology

Imitative of the bird's call, like bobolink.

Noun

Bob Lincoln (plural Bob Lincolns)

1. (US, Canada) The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus).
   • 1840, Philip Henry Gosse, The Canadian naturalist : a series of conversations on the natural history of Lower Canada, page 131:

     […] my first impression was, "there is a Bob Lincoln."