budgie
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of budgie
First recorded in 1935–40; budg(erigar) + -ie
Example Sentences
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It’s Siouxsie without the Banshees — guitarist John McGeoch is dead, drummer Budgie is now Siouxsie’s ex-spouse and who knows if bassist and band co-founder Steve Severin was invited or consulted?
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023
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
“There’s probably 1,000 casks — or about 500, now that I think about it — that Budgie has not had an influence on. Is that not quite something?”
From New York Times • Apr. 23, 2018
SAT-SUN Budgie Buddies bird feeding celebrates season opening, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2017
When I am home, Budgie wants to be out of his cage, a desire he makes known by squawking or, what is far worse, by pacing dementedly.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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