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birdikin

birdikin noun: a young bird.

Noun

birdikin (plural birdikins)

  1. (dated, informal) A young bird.
    • 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.1860 January–June, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1861, →OCLC

Forms of birdikin

pluralbirdikins

Origin of birdikin

From bird + -ikin.

Questions about birdikin

What does birdikin mean?
Birdikin means a young bird.
What part of speech is birdikin?
Birdikin is a noun.
What is the plural of birdikin?
The plural of birdikin is birdikins.

Words near birdikin in the dictionary

  1. birdiesat
  2. birdiesit
  3. birdiesits
  4. birdiesitting
  5. birdiest
  6. birdikin
  7. birdikins
  8. birdily
  9. birdiness
  10. birding
  11. birding off

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