house bird
noun
1A person who stays in or about the house; (in early use) a cowardly or unadventurous person; (later) a woman who devotes herself to domestic duties (now rare ).
2Any bird that nests in or about a house or other building.
Origin
Early 17th century.
- till doomsday
- tiller
- tilleul
- tilley lamp
- Tillich, Paul
- tillite
- till (or until) death us do part
- till (or until) kingdom come
- till the cows come home
- tilly lamp
- Tilsit
- tilt
- tilt at windmills
- tilter
- tilth
- tilt hammer
- tilt rotor
- tilt switch
- tilt yard
- Tim.
- Timaru
- timbal
- timbale
- timbale mold
- timbale mould