Birdikin

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A young bird. dated, informal

    "Mrs. Prior and her basket were gone when we repaired to the drawing-room: having been hunting all day, the hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins."

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"Mrs. Prior and her basket were gone when we repaired to the drawing-room: having been hunting all day, the hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins."

Etymology

From birdie or birdy + -kin.

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