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Definition of Railbirds
1. railbird [n] - See also: railbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Railbirds
Literary usage of Railbirds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Canoeing, Sailing and Motor Boating by Warren Hastings Miller (1919)
"Sometimes it would be but a day's expedition up some big salt marsh creek after
railbirds and snipe; others, ..."
2. Acts of the State of Ohio by Ohio, Ohio General Assembly, Ohio Secretary of State (1919)
"A person'may take in any one day, during the open season, except Sunday, not to
exceed twenty-five railbirds in the aggregate of all kinds, except sora, ..."
3. Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (1910)
"64 102 railbirds 102 TO THE ACCOUNT OF J. MAYER. 5 boxes containing 141 pheasants * "
Pats." abbreviation for partridges. ..."
4. Buff: a Collie: And Other Dog Stories by Albert Payson Terhune (1921)
"As he passed, a titter swept the quadruple line of railbirds outside the inclosure.
Jeff did not so much as look about him to locate the cause of the mirth. ..."
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