Scavenging vs Shitehawk - What's the difference?
scavenging | shitehawk |
The act of searching through refuse for useful material.
(UK, Ireland, informal) A large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in South Asia) the black kite .
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(UK, Ireland, informal) The European herring gull.
(UK, Ireland, informal) An objectionable person; a twat or wanker.
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* 2001 , Gary Owen, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco
* 2005 , Andrew M Greeley, The Priestly Sins
* 2007 , Chris Oakley, Football Delirium
As nouns the difference between scavenging and shitehawk
is that scavenging is the act of searching through refuse for useful material while shitehawk is (uk|ireland|informal) a large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in south asia) the black kite.As a verb scavenging
is .scavenging
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(en noun)- Our scavengings at the rubbish dump often yielded items of value.
shitehawk
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- Shite-hawks..are more properly known as black kites,..gaining their unlovely nickname from British troops who used to get the meat stolen from their plates by these bold and skilful birds.
- "Watch yer language, ye shitehawk ." His da had heard the din from the kitchen and had decided to have his say in the matter.
- What must it be like, to be such a fucking gimp, and see perfection, and know you're too much of a shitehawk to ever have it?
- When I win, Liam still suggests on the eighteenth green that I'm a nine-fingered shitehawk .
- ...any analyst who puts out a book with the word "ethics" in the title is invariably an incorrigible shitehawk .