Baltimore oriole

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noun

an oriole, Icterus galbula galbula, of eastern North America: a subspecies of the northern oriole.

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Origin of Baltimore oriole

1800–10; earlier Baltimore (bird); so named because the black and orange of the male were the colors of Lord Baltimore's livery

Words nearby Baltimore oriole

Baltimore, Baltimore Canyon, Baltimore chop, Baltimore clipper, Baltimore heater, Baltimore oriole, Balto-Slavic, Balto-Slavonic, Baluch, Baluchi, Baluchistan

How to use Baltimore oriole in a sentence

The phone is apparently the one he took from his girlfriend after shooting her outside Baltimore and heading for New York.
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The Horse You Came in On Saloon, Baltimore Horse-themed bars must be bad luck for famous authors.
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He had shot and wounded his ex-girlfriend early that morning in Baltimore and headed for his native Brooklyn.
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Janay admits that Baltimore Ravens officials urged her to apologize along with her husband.
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So outraged he swung into action and summoned the former Baltimore Ravens running back to the NFL Vatican on Park Avenue.
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Their commander, however, surrendered himself prisoner, and went on board the Baltimore with his family.
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Mis' Calvert, she saw you in a lane, or somethin', and fetched you back to that Baltimore city where the both of you lived.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
Isn't our new home lots prettier than the little brick house where we used to live—77 Brown Street, Baltimore!
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
If I could only get hold of some of the strong, idle, colored men loafing the streets of Baltimore!
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond
It was intrusted to me by a law firm in Baltimore, the business managers of Mrs. Calvert's property.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for Baltimore oriole

Baltimore oriole

noun

a North American oriole, Icterus galbula, the male of which has orange and black plumage

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