Definition of Rainbirds

1. Noun. (plural of rainbird) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rainbirds

1. rainbird [n] - See also: rainbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rainbirds

rain men
rain off
rain on one's parade
rain on someone's parade
rain or shine
rain out
rain pitchforks
rain shadow
rain shower
rain stick
rain tree
rain trees
rainband
rainbands
rainbird
rainbirds (current term)
rainboot
rainboots
rainbow
rainbow-colored
rainbow bridge
rainbow cactus
rainbow coalition
rainbow fish
rainbow lorikeet
rainbow parties
rainbow perch
rainbow pink

Literary usage of Rainbirds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving by Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton (1910)
"Grand Pr6 dreams of your coming home,— Dreams while the rainbirds all night through, Far in the uplands calling to win yon Tease the brown dusk on the ..."

2. Low Tide on Grand Pré and Ballads of Lost Haven: Two Volumes in One by Bliss Carman (1897)
"... Dreams while the rainbirds all night through, Far in the uplands calling to win you, Tease the brown dusk on the marshes wide; And never the burning ..."

3. A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley (1901)
"Doubtless an imitative corruption as found in co. Norfolk, the habitat of the rainbirds. I have no doubt in my own mind as to the truth of this derivation. ..."

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