canary
noun, plural ca·nar·ies.
adjective
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Origin of canary
Canary Islands
plural noun
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Contemporary Examples of canary
“This is not a judgment of guilt, nor is it a suspension of any other canonical penalty,” Canary wrote.
The aforementioned stories may very well be legitimate, but let's consider them a sort of canary in the coal mine.
As has often been the case with issues of LGBT equality, this vote is the canary in the coalmine.
Since retail can be the canary in the coal mine for the broader economy, there's real reason to be anxious.
And what if they're only the canary in the coal mine for doctors and MBAs and government workers?
Historical Examples of canary
In the middle is a long in-drawn note, much like one of the canary's.
Birds in the BushBradford Torrey
Still, the manager himself hadn't really cared about the Twinklers since the canary came.
Christopher and ColumbusCountess Elizabeth Von Arnim
There is also every probability that the Canary islands and Madeira were entirely in their possession.
A Manual of Ancient HistoryA. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
From one subject he leaps to another like a canary hopping on the sticks of his cage; but there is method in his madness.
A Top-Floor IdylGeorge van Schaick
He had plenty of ale and cider, with which the Cavaliers were perfectly content, but only a single runlet of canary.
Boscobel: or, the royal oakWilliam Harrison Ainsworth