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- noun Plural form of
cockbird .
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Examples
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Then we cockbirds will have a jolly carouse to ourselves!
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Then we cockbirds will have a jolly carouse to ourselves!
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That big baby was lost in ecstasy over the nestlings, asking questions, wanting to know what food they ate, if they laid eggs, and how the cockbirds could be known.
La faute de l'Abbe Mouret ��mile Zola 1871
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The brilliant cockbirds return in the early spring, or at least appear to do so, for the habits of birds are sometimes quite local.
The Amateur Poacher Richard Jefferies 1867
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The line is self-sustaining with new blood from cockbirds being introduced only under carefully monitored conditions.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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