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Definition of Jackdaws
1. jackdaw [n] - See also: jackdaw
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackdaws
jackboot jackbooted jackboots jackdaw jackdaws (current term) jacked jacked off jacked up jackeen jackeens | jacker jackeroo jackeroos jackers jacket jacket crown jacket potato jacket potatoes jacketed |
Literary usage of Jackdaws
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1810)
"THE PARABLE OF THE THREE jackdaws, &c. Printed in the Year 1696. Quarto, containing
four Pages. 'T^HRRE was a time when the feathered commonwealth fell into ..."
2. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa: Including a Sketch of by David Livingstone (1858)
"jackdaws.—Ford southern Branch of Lake Dilolo.—Small Fish.—Project for a Makololo
Village near the Confluence of the ..."
3. The Metropolitan (1841)
"The bishop was awake in a moment : seizing the boy by the collar, he cried, "
What did you say, sir, about the jackdaws ?" " Voi, I said Joe stoled Jim ..."