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happy family

British  

noun

  1. another name for grey-crowned babbler

  2. another name for apostle bird

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There is an oppressive notion that anyone not in a happy family has failed at life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

I was flummoxed, in part because they read like a Mad Lib of happy family keywords, but also because the existence of “my baby” would have been news to me.

From Slate • Jul. 16, 2025

Novak: We became a big happy family and that was very wonderful to experience.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025

"We never looked at people's colour, we never looked at people's race, we were one big happy family," recalled Pauline, 81.

From BBC • May 24, 2025

In the old days, when voting time came, the politicians would tell us we were all the same, one happy family.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García