Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who perches on or hangs over the rail or fence at a race-course, or a fair, not having a reserved seat.
- noun The Carolina rail or sora, Porzana carolina.
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Examples
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He spent his mornings and afternoons either in his stables or at the extensive training-quarters of his stud, where he was as indefatigable a rail-bird as any pristine stable-boy.
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