dickeybird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dickeybird
Example Sentences
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But after the losing vote�which was a real Administration, and therefore a Republican, defeat�Smith warbled: "I'm just as cheerful as a dickeybird."
From Time Magazine Archive
Had anyone, she asked, ever heard of a little dickeybird that dared to sing his charming song without first opening his litde beak wide, wide, wide?
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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