fen nightingale
English
Etymology
From their continued croaking at night.
Noun
fen nightingale (plural fen nightingales)
- (UK, slang, archaic) A frog or toad.
- 1934, Neil Bell, Bredon and Sons (page 15)
- Tom Spence is a dom fule and doesn't know a fen nightingale from a natterjack.
- 1934, Neil Bell, Bredon and Sons (page 15)
References
- 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary