| 单词 | dickybird |
| 释义 | dickybird (once / 787955 pages) n WORD FAMILY dickybird: dickybirds USAGE EXAMPLESChildren give the name of Dick to all small birds, which, in nursery parlance, are universally Dickybirds. Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales—A...(2011) That economist, the Prince of Wales, could not resist it, and has bought one of those dickybirds. Walpole, Horace, The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl...(2010) Dear old Dickybird! pleased as Punch at the turn of events, yet quaking for fear of imaginary risks. Richardson, Henry Handel, Australia Felix(2010) n small bird; adults talking to children sometimes use these words to refer to small birds Syn|Hyper dickey-bird, dickeybird, dicky-bird bird warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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