Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which catches birds, as a person, a bird, or an insect.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One whose employment it is to catch birds; a fowler.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
catches orensnares birds ,fowler .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thomas Dolie conveys the humor of Papageno the birdcatcher with high spirits and musical finesse.
Howard Kissel: Peter Brook's "A Magic Flute" Howard Kissel 2011
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Thomas Dolie conveys the humor of Papageno the birdcatcher with high spirits and musical finesse.
Howard Kissel: Peter Brook's "A Magic Flute" Howard Kissel 2011
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Mozart Vienna, Austria, 1791The monstrous Queen of the Night, the birdcatcher Papageno, lovers, philosophy, Freemasonry – The Magic Flute has it all.
Top 50 operas 2011
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The English translation by the former "New Yorker" music critic, Andrew Porter, is a marvel of wit and clarity, and the boring German dialogue has been thrown out in favor of the story being narrated by Papageno, the comic birdcatcher.
The Magic Flute For Families sfmike 2007
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The English translation by the former "New Yorker" music critic, Andrew Porter, is a marvel of wit and clarity, and the boring German dialogue has been thrown out in favor of the story being narrated by Papageno, the comic birdcatcher.
Archive 2007-10-01 sfmike 2007
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The so-called soft-head (or shrike) always settles on one and the same branch, where it falls a prey to the birdcatcher.
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There are then two unattached cords of some strength, called the pull line and the forked line, which latter is attached, when required for use, to the two staves nearest the birdcatcher, at the intersection of the top line.
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On mentioning the above to another birdcatcher he gave a huge snort of dissatisfaction, and roundly swore that my man knew "nought about it," for he always set his cages as near the nets as possible; "for don't it stand to reason," quoth he, "that if you set your cages fur away, your 'call birds' will 'tice the wild' uns down round 'em? an' they won't come near your nets."
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The "Play-bird" is always placed on the left hand of the birdcatcher, about two yards into the net.
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I have submitted the foregoing to a practical birdcatcher and maker of bird-lime, and he has "passed" it as correct, only adding that the oil takes somewhere about four hours to slowly boil before it becomes sufficiently tenacious for use.
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