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Definition of Blackbirds

1. blackbird [v] - See also: blackbird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbirds

Literary usage of Blackbirds

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

1. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"THE Blackbirds. AS the blackbirds flit through the tossing trees, And the brown leaves float on the mad March breeze; As the blackbirds carol and call and ..."

2. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"Such peace we could not claim, If I had youth and beauty, And you had wealth and fame. THE Blackbirds. AS the blackbirds flit through the tossing trees, ..."

3. Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English by Héli Chatelain (1894)
"The Blackbirds say : " Leave them ; later on thou canst fetch the wax. ... The Blackbirds say : "To whom didst thou give thy hoes? ..."

4. Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England), Bristol Naturalists' Society (1891)
"There are several reasons which induce the blackbirds to leave the open country and to frequent the neighbourhood of human habitations. ..."

5. Legislation for the Protection of Birds Other Than Game Birds by Theodore Sherman Palmer (1900)
"In the District of Columbia red-winged, or marsh, blackbirds (Age- laius ... A full account of the food habits of the various blackbirds may be found in ..."

6. Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1901)
"HOW THE COYOTE DANCED WITH THE Blackbirds ONE late autumn day in the times of the ancients, a large council of Blackbirds were gathered, fluttering and ..."

7. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"THE Blackbirds. AS the blackbirds flit through the tossing trees, And the brown leaves float on the mad March breeze; As the blackbirds carol and call and ..."

8. Poems by Walter Malone (1904)
"Such peace we could not claim, If I had youth and beauty, And you had wealth and fame. THE Blackbirds. AS the blackbirds flit through the tossing trees, ..."

9. Folk-tales of Angola: Fifty Tales, with Ki-mbundu Text, Literal English by Héli Chatelain (1894)
"The Blackbirds say : " Leave them ; later on thou canst fetch the wax. ... The Blackbirds say : "To whom didst thou give thy hoes? ..."

10. Proceedings by Bristol Naturalists' Society (Bristol, England), Bristol Naturalists' Society (1891)
"There are several reasons which induce the blackbirds to leave the open country and to frequent the neighbourhood of human habitations. ..."

11. Legislation for the Protection of Birds Other Than Game Birds by Theodore Sherman Palmer (1900)
"In the District of Columbia red-winged, or marsh, blackbirds (Age- laius ... A full account of the food habits of the various blackbirds may be found in ..."

12. Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1901)
"HOW THE COYOTE DANCED WITH THE Blackbirds ONE late autumn day in the times of the ancients, a large council of Blackbirds were gathered, fluttering and ..."

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