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  • noun Plural form of Magpie.

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Examples

  • I feel slightly ashamed of admitting to liking work by a person who has committed such crimes against poetry as The Magpies, which is kind of the literary equivalent of pop "songs" like that one by ATC that came out a few years ago: My heart beats like a drum dum dum dum.

    Archive 2006-03-01 StyleyGeek 2006

  • Jerdon calls it a Jay, but places it among the Magpies, which is, I consider, its proper position, notwithstanding the colour of its eggs.

    The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 Allan Octavian Hume 1870

  • The Magpies are the reigning premiers and the minor premiers to boot.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The Magpies were a shadow of the team that had dominated the Western Bulldogs last weekend and coach Mick Malthouse was furious.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Magpies were a shadow of the team that had dominated the Western Bulldogs last weekend and coach Mick Malthouse was furious.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Magpies were a shadow of the team that had dominated the Western Bulldogs last weekend and coach Mick Malthouse was furious.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Magpies were a shadow of the team that had dominated the Western Bulldogs last weekend and coach Mick Malthouse was furious.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • But seriously, the Magpies are the excitement machine after Round 1.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The Magpies were a shadow of the team that had dominated the Western Bulldogs last weekend and coach Mick Malthouse was furious.

    Latest News - Yahoo!7 News 2010

  • But seriously, the Magpies are the excitement machine after Round 1.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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