jaybird
Noun
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Noun
jaybird (plural jaybirds)
- A jay or blue jay.
- 1894: Mark Twain, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w Tom Sawyer Abroad]
- "When I say birds of a feather flocks together, it's a metaphorical way of saying -- "
- "But dey don't, Mars Tom. No, sir, 'deed dey don't. Dey ain't no feathers dat's more alike den a bluebird en a jaybird, but ef you waits till you catches dem birds together, you'll -- "
- "Oh, give us a rest! You can't get the simplest little thing through your thick skull. Now don't bother me any more."
- 1894: Mark Twain, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140811201712/http://etext.virginia.edu/etcbin/ot2www-pubeng?specfile=%2Ftexts%2Fenglish%2Fmodeng%2Fpublicsearch%2Fmodengpub.o2w Tom Sawyer Abroad]
- (US, colloquial) One who talks incessantly.
- Belinda was a jaybird and could prattle on for hours about the latest gossip.
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