Definition of Cagebirds

1. cagebird [n] - See also: cagebird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cagebirds

cage
cage bird
cage birds
cage compound
cage compounds
cage dances
cage diving
cage fighter
cage fighters
cage fighting
cage in
cage match
cagebird
cagebirds (current term)
caged
caged ATP
cageful
cagefuls
cageless
cagelike
cageling
cagelings
cagemate
cagemates
cager
cagers
cages
cagework

Literary usage of Cagebirds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"S. Many i. birds arc kept as cagebirds in inclosures varying from the ordinary wire bird cage to a large calabash (Cresa•/• with the side cut out ami string ..."

2. Walks in Paris by Georges Cain (1909)
"cagebirds sing beside a sewing-machine, fashion-plates are pinned on the walls, a picture of a Breton girl in national costume replaces the figure of Mme. ..."

3. Catalogue of the Library of the Troy Young Men's Association by Troy Young Men's Association (1859)
"See Nat. hist. cagebirds. London, 1849. 12° 10.6 NY 14.9 BECK, TR and JB Elements of medical jurisprudence. 10th ed. Albany, 1860-1. 2v. ..."

4. The Angler's Note-book and Naturalist's Record: A Repertory of Fact, Inquiry (1880)
"... Lake, for the sportsman 114 Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) 16 Mice and cagebirds 80 Mice, Field, and Hedge accentor 41 Moss 115 Moses and the flat-fish ..."

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