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Meaning of Yaffle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈjafl̩

Definitions

The European green woodpecker, Picus viridis.

UK, dialectal

Equivalents

Examples

“I remember the cry of the wood-peckers, or yaffils, as we call them in that country, going to roost in a pale autumnal evening […].”
““‘Punched that rotton strap,’ he goes on saying, ‘like a gret ol' yaffle punchin' a 'ollow log!’””

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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