jackdaw's

"A jackdaw's nest," Kellen said aloud, identifying the item.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

Curious, he began to pick through the jackdaw's trove.

Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010

I merely have a jackdaw's memory for phrases; the juxtaposition of "temper" and "shorn" rang a vague bell, and Google and Bartlett combined to do the rest.

R.O. Morris momentarily indulges his inner Vorticist Matthew Guerrieri 2007

"A jackdaw's nest," Kellen said aloud, identifying the item.

The Outstretched Shadow 2003

Curious, he began to pick through the jackdaw's trove.

The Outstretched Shadow 2003

It was like walking through a jackdaw's nest — there was no regard for taste and balance, only for vulgarity and expensive display.

The Outstretched Shadow 2003

Looking around the Prince's rooms, Beth was pretty sure whose taste was reflected in the decor of her own suite and the rest of the casino-but here there was no need to even pretend that the suite's trappings were such items as might be found in the normal everyday human world, and the whole effect was like the inside of a jackdaw's jewelry box.

Spirits White As Lightning Lackey, Mercedes 2001

Her panniers, covered with road dust and shabby with use as they were, looked as out of place here as a jackdaw's nest in a porcelain vase.

The Eagle And The Nightingale Lackey, Mercedes 1995

Bronzes, books, lyre-players, boy-slaves — as full of toys as a jackdaw's cage.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966

But an actor's memory is like a jackdaw's nest; it came from Plato's Symposion.

The Mask of Apollo Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1966