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bird in the bosom

bird in the bosom noun: a secret pledge that one makes for another.

Noun

a bird in the bosom

  1. (UK, dated, idiomatic) A secret pledge that one makes for another.

Questions about bird in the bosom

What does bird in the bosom mean?
Bird in the bosom means a secret pledge that one makes for another.
What part of speech is bird in the bosom?
Bird in the bosom is a noun.

Words near bird in the bosom in the dictionary

  1. bird grasshopper
  2. bird hide
  3. bird house
  4. bird houses
  5. bird in a nest
  6. bird in the bosom
  7. bird in the hand
  8. bird ingestion
  9. bird ingestions
  10. bird nest
  11. bird nests

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