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Definition of Jaybirds
1. jaybird [n] - See also: jaybird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jaybirds
Literary usage of Jaybirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Little Folks' Land: The Story of a Little Boy in a Big World by Madge Alford Bigham (1907)
"And there would just be acorns for supper; and Mr. Jaybird and Mrs. Jaybird and
all the little jaybirds got as fat as fat could be, eating acorns. ..."
2. Negro Folk Rhymes: Wise and Otherwise by Thomas Washington Talley (1922)
"... of the great misfortunes which overtook a Negro who tried to get his living
by hunting jaybirds. Finally it also belongs under the heading Superstitions ..."
3. Rural Rhymes by Silas Bettes McManus, William E. Hutchinson (1898)
"Truer'n Steel THE jaybirds (-LEANIN' on the bar-post, an' a-thinkin' fer a minit,
An' shellin' fer the ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1878)
"... tolerates no interference with his business by jackdaws, jaybirds and other
police agents of the woods. In his excursions to the upper ..."
5. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1906)
"... decided to go out to the country and endeavor to procure something entirely
new and rare from the egg-collector's standpoint. Of robins', jaybirds' ..."
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