cobblers-awl

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

bird-name. The word is aprovincial English name for the Avocet. In Tasmania,the name is applied to a Spine-Bill (q.v.) from theshape of its beak.

1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol. iv. pl. 61:

« Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris, Lath., Slender-billedSpine-bill. Cobbler's Awl, Colonists of Van Diemen'sLand. Spine-bill, Colonists of New South Wales.»

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