cage bird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cage bird
First recorded in 1620–30
Example Sentences
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My father has presented me with a beautiful house here—or so I believe, for I have not yet seen it, being a cage bird, but for nocturnal sorties in the garden.
From Philip Gilbert Hamerton An Autobiography, 1834-1858, and a Memoir by His Wife, 1858-1894 by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert
My father has presented me with a beautiful house here - or so I believe, for I have not yet seen it, being a cage bird but for nocturnal sorties in the garden.
From Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Robert Louis
My father has presented me with a beautiful house here—or so I believe, for I have not yet seen it, being a cage bird but for nocturnal sorties in the garden.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 24 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
It is familiar to every one as a cage bird.
From Birds of the Indian Hills by Dewar, Douglas
It is a favorite cage bird, and breeds as freely as caged canaries, so it is well-known in Europe.
From An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use by Leach, John Albert
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