budgie
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of budgie
First recorded in 1935–40; budg(erigar) + -ie
Example Sentences
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I’m not sure whether this was one of the plotlines in his de-stranged wife Fergie’s series of children’s book about Budgie the Helicopter.
From The Guardian • Feb. 6, 2020
SAT Feed birds in the Budgie Buddies exhibit, live animal show at the Wild Wonders Outdoor Theater, keeper talks, half-price admission for moms, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
From Seattle Times • May 10, 2018
“Of the 60,000 casks we have here, Budgie will have been involved in all the spirit made since October 1989,” he told me.
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018
Beco's cat toys are made from recycled plastic bottles and are stuffed with catnip, according to the company website, They also have names: Freddie the Fish, Bertie the Budgie and Millie the Mouse.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2017
Unfortunately, Budgie does not serve the same functions for me, and on Sunday I decide to seek out my own kind.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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