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Definition of Dickey-bird
1. Noun. Small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds.
Literary usage of Dickey-bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Monologues and Dialect Stories: A Collection of New Stories, Monologues by Mary Moncure Parker (1908)
"I am Richard Hamilton, Esq. Unfortunately an uncle of your dickey-bird as you
call him." Dick: "Come off, none of your joshing. ..."
2. Johnny Nelson: How a One-time Pupil of Hopalong Cassidy of the Famous Bar-20 by Clarence Edward Mulford (1920)
""Would you listen to that dickey bird up on th' hill?" he asked. The dickey bird
was Larry Hallock, whose voice barely reached them. ..."
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