jackdaw

Every morning an old jackdaw perched on a chimney outside our skylight, and entertained us with his chatter.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Tinker hopped round him as nimbly as a tomtit or a jackdaw, and presently gave him another little taste of his steel.
Jack Harkaway's Boy Tinker Among The Turks|Bracebridge Hemyng
Beneath the jackdaw's wing, where so many of our cathedrals repose, sanctity and authority would be conferred upon it.
Adventures and Enthusiasms|E. V. Lucas
He speaks yawing like a jackdaw that gapes to be fed with cheese-curds.
The Mermaid Series. Edited by H. Ellis. The best plays of the old dramatists. Thomas Dekker. Edited, with an introduction and notes by Ernest Rhys.|Thomas Dekker

The artful Jackdaw builds in the cliffs, and his cousin, the Crow, searches the shore for food.
On the Seashore|R. Cadwallader Smith

British Dictionary definitions for jackdaw

jackdaw

/ (ˈdʒækˌdɔː) /

noun

a large common Eurasian passerine bird, Corvus monedula, in which the plumage is black and dark grey: noted for its thieving habits: family Corvidae (crows)

Word Origin for jackdaw

C16: from jack 1 + daw

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