birdcage
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But I bought an old, rusty metal birdcage the seller said was from France.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2026
Mindy is bracingly funny but also masculine enough to intimidate Jerry, the delicate peacock in this gilded birdcage.
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
In a rather tragic detail that feels straight out of a fable, Tiny Pinocchio was kept in a decorative metal birdcage when people visited the house to prevent him from accidentally getting squished.
From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2023
During one moment of digging, Volunteer Bekir Bicer uncovered a crushed birdcage, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
Over its door, a hanging birdcage made a plaintive squealing sound in the breeze.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
Bunny Campione, an expert on the long-running BBC series, included antique birdcages and miniature furniture among the 20 lots up for grabs.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024
When birds disappear, people open their birdcages and release their confused pets up to the sky.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 6, 2019
The house on Bartram Road would be cleared of its birdcages after Angelou’s death in 2014.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 18, 2019
Vasquez, 54, had become known as the Birdman of East Village for his daily walks around downtown and Balboa Park with a tower of three birdcages strapped to his back.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2019
Get knocked into it with a fist of fatigue to avoid a night of noisy silence, empty birdcages that don’t need wrapping in cloth, of bold unsmiling girls staring from the mantelpiece.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
