jaybird
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jaybird
Example Sentences
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They have nothing to lose and they’re literally telling the emperor, “You’re naked as a jaybird, man.”
From Slate • Mar. 15, 2018
However if jaybird can't even get the release right it could spell trouble for buyers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2014
I would like to see a review of the jaybird reign vs Fitbit charge.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2014
It was a state neither of dreaming nor of waking, but somewhere in between, in which I was caught like Trueblood's jaybird that yellow jackets had paralyzed in every part but his eyes.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
One instant there wasn’t as much as a jaybird around my traps; then as quick as Mama was with a peach tree switch, there was a monkey.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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