Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The purple grackle, Quiscalus quiscula: so called in some parts of the United States.
Examples
“Well, I talked along to him till I worked 'round to shamin' him a little for havin 'to be christened settin' up on top a bean-arbor, same ez a crow-bird, which I told him the parson he wouldn't 'a' done ef he'd 'a' felt free to've left it undone.”
“Glad to hear it," said the rabbit, politely, and then he told about seeking his fortune, and all of a sudden a great big ugly crow-bird flew down out of a tall tree and made a dash for Mrs. Wren to eat her up.”
“Well, I talked along to him till I worked 'round to shamin' him a little for havin 'to be christened settin' up on top a bean-arbor, same ez a crow-bird, which I told him the parson he wouldn't 'a' done ef he 'd' a 'felt free to 've left it undone.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crow-bird’.
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Bird birds
Birds that have the word bird in their names. (This list also includes some general descriptions of certain kinds of birds - wading birds, water birds, &c.) For other bird-related fun (especially p...
blackbird, bluebird, bird of paradise, tropicbird, boatswain bird, secretary bird, millerbird, frigatebird, surfbird, kingbird, catbird, bellbird and 69 more...
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Rognons of Random Palavery
Another of my random palavery lists for terms and phrases that don't fit into any of my other lists.
priorship, exigeant, refectory, reestablish, capper, reesed, quar, reprune, orificial, reaming-iron, terminist, terminism and 3097 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for crow-bird.
ruzuzu On it. Thanks, hh. Dec 2, 2010
hernesheir A sort of bird-bird word. Dec 2, 2010