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birdcage

[burd-keyj] / ˈbɜrdˌkeɪdʒ /


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Plenty more dinosaurs will arrive in the film’s two-hour-plus running time: swooping Quetzalcoatlus, splashing Mosasaurus, frilled Dilophosaurus and a bitty Whoknowswhatasaurus that Ali’s Duncan keeps in a bamboo birdcage by his boat dock in Suriname.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 30, 2025

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

The last step was layering, like distributing smaller items like old trophies, board games or magazines, and putting a birdcage — a perfect metaphor — in a central location.

From Seattle Times Jun. 7, 2022

It was made of dirty stone, with only one lone window, and just barely visible in the window was what looked like a birdcage.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Sworders said Campione's collection of birdcages dated back as far as the 18th century, when the keeping of exotic birds was a popular pastime for affluent families.

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

Especially since they were sitting in front of five birdcages, which, Genie realized, if you looked past the entwining vines and leaves, were arranged in a semicircle.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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