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birdikins

birdikins is the plural of birdikin.

Meaning of birdikin

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

Questions about birdikins

What is birdikins the plural of?
Birdikins is the plural of birdikin.

Words near birdikins in the dictionary

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

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