bluebird
(usually initial capital letter) a member of Camp Fire, Inc., who is between the ages of six and eight.
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How to use bluebird in a sentence
After a 10,000-foot climb to the summit, they were rewarded with a rare bluebird day and perfect spring corn for the ski down on Sunday.
‘Beat Monday’ Rethinks What You Can Fit into a Weekend | Anna Callaghan | May 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineWhere the earlier princesses sang alongside the bluebirds and mice who helped them with household chores, the more recent heroines wouldn’t take kindly to being boxed up in pumpkins or palaces.
What the Rise and Fall of the Cinderella Fairy Tale Means for Real Women Today | Carol Dyhouse | April 19, 2021 | TimeI’ve worn this system on cold, foggy, single-digit mornings and on bright, warm, bluebird afternoons.
We had bluebird skies, but if a storm had rolled in, using the app would have made it easy to retrace our path.
For something more stable, researchers looked to the noble bluebird.
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His first recordings were a classic case of trying too hard, aping the bluebird beat.
The Stacks: How Leonard Chess Helped Make Muddy Waters | Alex Belth | August 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInitially, bluebird was to be a so-called “defensive” program.
What Cold War CIA Interrogators Learned from the Nazis | Annie Jacobsen | February 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRayna and her ex, Deacon, perform one of their old love duets at the bluebird.
Emmys 2013: Connie Britton Picks Her Favorite ‘Nashville’ Moments | Connie Britton | August 29, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTArdent birders will devote hours to spot that elusive cardinal or bluebird.
‘The Central Park Effect’ Explores the Magical Power of Birding | Rebecca Dana | July 13, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBuffalo Springfield, I want to learn [sings]—“Listen to my bluebird sing.”
Judy Collins's New Book: Suicide, Alcoholism, Nude Photos, and More | Joseph Finder | December 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTA bluebird flew over-head with a merry chirp—its wistful note of autumn long since forgotten.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.I don't like saints of women and I want to keep on liking you, little bluebird.
Patchwork | Anna Balmer MyersI do not believe a really harsh tone can come from a bluebird throat.
In Nesting Time | Olive Thorne MillerThat started the bluebird, and he added his chatter, which awakened his mate.
In Nesting Time | Olive Thorne Miller"I only went in four times on four mornings," said bluebird.
Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest | Katharine Berry Judson
British Dictionary definitions for bluebird
/ (ˈbluːˌbɜːd) /
any North American songbird of the genus Sialia, having a blue or partly blue plumage: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
fairy bluebird any songbird of the genus Irena, of S and SE Asia, having a blue-and-black plumage: family Irenidae
any of various other birds having a blue plumage
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