Definitions

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  • noun A male who is or who is thought to be homosexual.
  • noun A very young girl.
  • noun A little bird (No longer used in common Yiddish-American parlance).

Etymologies

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From Yiddish פֿייגעלע (feygele), a diminutive of פֿויגל (foygl, "bird"), from Old High German fogal.

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