budgie

[ buhj-ee ]

/ ˈbʌdʒ i /

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Origin of budgie

First recorded in 1935–40; budg(erigar) + -ie

Words nearby budgie

budget deficit, budgeteer, budget for, budget plan, budget resolution, budgie, budgie smugglers, budi, bud mutation, Budokon, bud scale

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How to use budgie in a sentence

One thinks here, particularly, of Fergie's series of children's books about a helicopter called Budgie.
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British Dictionary definitions for budgie

budgie

/ (ˈbʌdʒɪ) /

noun

informal short for budgerigar

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