mouissaon

Norman

Alternative forms

• mouisson

Etymology

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Noun

mouissaon m (plural mouissaons)

1. (Guernsey) bird
   • 1883, Denys Corbet, ‘Le R'nouvé’, Patois Poems of the Channel Islands:

     Tous les mouissons sous l's-ormes du ménâge / Li font la fête auve un chànt sans pareil […] .

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   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], page 514:

     Un mouisson à la main vaut mûx que daeux qui volent.

     A bird in the hand is worth two on the wing.