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  • noun Plural form of redbird.

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Examples

  • "I don't know as redbirds are so scarce 'at I've any call to wade through slush a half-mile to see one," answered Maria.

    The Song of the Cardinal 1915

  • "I don't know as redbirds are so scarce 'at I've any call to wade through slush a half-mile to see one," answered Maria.

    The Song of the Cardinal Gene Stratton-Porter 1893

  • The ceiling had been painted to resemble a blue summer sky, complete with clouds and sun and fat little redbirds flitting across.

    The Year of Living Scandalously Julia London 2010

  • He walked to one tree, and in it there was a nest of redbirds.

    He Don't Know Him 2010

  • The ceiling had been painted to resemble a blue summer sky, complete with clouds and sun and fat little redbirds flitting across.

    The Year of Living Scandalously Julia London 2010

  • I now only have 3 of these redbirds in gilded cages: They graced our very first tree, as newlyweds, in 1971.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008

  • I now only have 3 of these redbirds in gilded cages: They graced our very first tree, as newlyweds, in 1971.

    The Winner Of The Christmas Tree Walk ~ The Dragonfly House Tree Judith "Jlo" Quinton 2008

  • From his first paragraph involving fighting redbirds, I see that most of humanity fights with its image.

    Archive 2006-09-01 ____Maggie 2006

  • From his first paragraph involving fighting redbirds, I see that most of humanity fights with its image.

    Comp I (class notes) ____Maggie 2006

  • And thanks for the pics on fdl of redbirds and blue jays.

    Firedoglake » Sunday Talking Head Thread 2006

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