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Examples
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She really didn't want anyone to know that "Tanager" -her street-name-and "Lyrebird" were one and the same.
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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Nightingale-or "Tanager" -joined the thin stream of other threadbare, tired-looking people all making their way up this long, dark alley, some of them rubbing their reddened eyes and yawning, all of them heading for their jobs at the Palace.
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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I'm sure I've read somewhere the original idea was for blond Jason 1.0 to keep the non-standard-Robin costume he put together in his costumed debut and use the codename Tanager (after another small red bird), but this was dropped as an ID. icon_uk
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There were cooks and the like who would be perfectly able to identify her as "Tanager," and for a noble, there wasn't a great deal of difference between a "maid" and a "street-musician."
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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She had made it even harder, since she was sitting cross-legged below the railing and had taken care to wear one of her nondescript "Tanager" outfits.
The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995
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We also don’t get the Scarlet Tanager, but we do get the Western Tanager, which is making an appearance in our area right now.
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We also don’t get the Scarlet Tanager, but we do get the Western Tanager, which is making an appearance in our area right now.
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"A friend of mine sent it to me from Oregon," answered the Doctor; "he thought I would like to have it for my collection, because it came from the very region where this kind of Tanager was discovered almost a hundred years ago."
Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners Elliott Coues 1870
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He tries and rejects Wonder-Boy, Bluebird, even Tonto — but not Tanager (or Raven).
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In 2003, Scott Tipton wrote: “After Bruce Wayne took in the orphan [Jason], he briefly operated under a different name and costume (the truly terrible ‘Tanager’ concept) before Dick Grayson gave Jason the uniform, along with his blessing to operate as Robin.”
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