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dead birds

dead birds is the plural of dead bird.

Meaning of dead bird

Noun

dead bird (plural dead birds)

  1. (slang) A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
    • Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the inning.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.
    • “Bring me the two most precious things in the city,” said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird.1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales

Questions about dead birds

What is dead birds the plural of?
Dead birds is the plural of dead bird.

Words near dead birds in the dictionary

  1. dead bedroom
  2. dead bedrooms
  3. dead bell
  4. dead bells
  5. dead bird
  6. dead birds
  7. dead block
  8. dead blocks
  9. dead bolt
  10. dead bolted
  11. dead bolting

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