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Definition of Birdmen
1. birdman [n] - See also: birdman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birdmen
Literary usage of Birdmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Textbook of Aerial Laws and Regulations for Aerial Navigation, International by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"How Are We Going to Rule birdmen at,- 000 Feet Altitude, Flying at Miles an Hour?
Since the ending of the war great progress has been made in aerial ..."
2. Lest We Forget: World War Stories by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1918)
"... r birdmen A LTHOUGH I am an American, I am still in the M\- French aviation
corps, in which I enlisted when the war broke out. ..."
3. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"At Briey, the station was damaged and the railway line cut, two of the birdmen
descending to within a few hundred yards of the track. ..."
4. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"America's 100000 birdmen MEANWHILE, an army of aviators was in training at ...
Several of these American birdmen in France were organized by William Thaw of ..."
5. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"birdmen—Perilous adventures—Precipitous cliffs—Accidents—Bird-ropes and rock-lines—
Fowling ... —Hazardous system of fowling—Orkney birdmen—Island of Foula; ..."
6. Aero and Hydro: America's Aviation Weekly by Aero Club of Illinois (1912)
"Various birdmen from all parts of the country engage In speed and endurance contests.
Aerial weddings and women aviators furnish the spectacular and even ..."
7. The Flying Yankee by Henry Augustine Bruno (1918)
"The Royal Flying Corps had taken over the entire University of Toronto for the
use of its young birdmen, and the Equipment office was in the Engineering ..."
8. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"The birdmen drone In the blue; it is steel a motor sings and zooms. Steel barb-wire
around The Works. Steel guns in the holsters of the guards at the gates ..."
9. Textbook of Aerial Laws and Regulations for Aerial Navigation, International by Henry Woodhouse (1920)
"How Are We Going to Rule birdmen at,- 000 Feet Altitude, Flying at Miles an Hour?
Since the ending of the war great progress has been made in aerial ..."
10. Lest We Forget: World War Stories by John Gilbert Thompson, Inez Bigwood (1918)
"... r birdmen A LTHOUGH I am an American, I am still in the M\- French aviation
corps, in which I enlisted when the war broke out. ..."
11. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"At Briey, the station was damaged and the railway line cut, two of the birdmen
descending to within a few hundred yards of the track. ..."
12. King's Complete History of the World War ...: 1914-1918. Europe's War with by William C. King (1922)
"America's 100000 birdmen MEANWHILE, an army of aviators was in training at ...
Several of these American birdmen in France were organized by William Thaw of ..."
13. The Wild-fowler: A Treatise on Ancient and Modern Wild-fowling, Historical by Henry Coleman Folkard (1864)
"birdmen—Perilous adventures—Precipitous cliffs—Accidents—Bird-ropes and rock-lines—
Fowling ... —Hazardous system of fowling—Orkney birdmen—Island of Foula; ..."
14. Aero and Hydro: America's Aviation Weekly by Aero Club of Illinois (1912)
"Various birdmen from all parts of the country engage In speed and endurance contests.
Aerial weddings and women aviators furnish the spectacular and even ..."
15. The Flying Yankee by Henry Augustine Bruno (1918)
"The Royal Flying Corps had taken over the entire University of Toronto for the
use of its young birdmen, and the Equipment office was in the Engineering ..."
16. Modern American Poetry by Louis Untermeyer (1921)
"The birdmen drone In the blue; it is steel a motor sings and zooms. Steel barb-wire
around The Works. Steel guns in the holsters of the guards at the gates ..."
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