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Bluebird
//ˈbluˌbɝd// adj, noun
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Adjective
- 1 Sunny and cloudless after a period of snowfall or rain.
"We reached the top of the mountain, stepping out of the tram to the most bluebird day I had ever seen. I looked out onto Mineral Basin, to see miles and miles of gnarly snowcapped mountains and trees peppered across the landscape. Was I in heaven?"
- 2 Sunny and cloudless generally.
Noun
- 1 Any of various North American birds of the genus Sialia in the thrush family. Their plumage is blue or blue and red.
- 2 Someone connected with Cardiff City Football Club, as a fan, player, coach etc.
- 3 blue North American songbird wordnet
- 4 Any of various African starlings of the genus Lamprotornis, family Sturnidae, having predominantly glossy blue plumage.
- 5 fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies wordnet
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- 6 An unexpectedly profitable or large deal that comes to a salesperson with minimal effort.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From blue + bird.
Etymology 2
From blue + bird.
Etymology 3
From bluebird, from the blue colour of the team's kit.
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