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Definition of Nightbird
1. Noun. A person who likes to be active late at night.
Definition of Nightbird
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of night bird) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nightbird
Literary usage of Nightbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Mutual Friend by Charles ( Dickens (1865)
"... hovering about tho sloppy bar failed to discern at a glance in the passion-wasted
nightbird with respectable feathers, the worst nightbird of all. ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Philomel or Philomela (poetic), nightbird (contextual); spec, bul- bul. nightly, a.
1. nocturnal (more learned or technical than "nightly"), night (the noun ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1843)
"The sky-lark and the nightbird sing To you their hymns of love ; And Sylphs that
wanton on the wing, Embrace your blooms above. ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1869)
"... of music and swept it to the silent north, along with the desolate cry of the
nightbird on the marsh and the faint flash of the waters over the weir. ..."
5. Lectures on Poetry by John William Mackail (1911)
"... The crescent moon cleaves with its glittering prow The clouds, or nightbird
sings from shady bough, But in plain daylight! " The spirit of the place, ..."
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