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Scavenging vs Shitehawk - What's the difference?

scavenging | shitehawk |

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

English

Verb

(head)
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of searching through refuse for useful material.
  • Our scavengings at the rubbish dump often yielded items of value.

    shitehawk

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, Ireland, informal) A large scavenging or predatory bird; especially (originally in military use in South Asia) the black kite .
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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.
  • (UK, Ireland, informal) The European herring gull.
  • (UK, Ireland, informal) An objectionable person; a twat or wanker.
  • * 1997 , Valerie Maher, Sarah's Gate: Tales from Ballyhornet
  • "Watch yer language, ye shitehawk ." His da had heard the din from the kitchen and had decided to have his say in the matter.
  • * 2001 , Gary Owen, Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco
  • 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?
  • * 2005 , Andrew M Greeley, The Priestly Sins
  • When I win, Liam still suggests on the eighteenth green that I'm a nine-fingered shitehawk .
  • * 2007 , Chris Oakley, Football Delirium
  • ...any analyst who puts out a book with the word "ethics" in the title is invariably an incorrigible shitehawk .

    References

    * "shitehawk, n.". OED Online. December 2012. Oxford University Press.