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birdcage

[burd-kayj] / ˈbɜrdˌkeɪdʒ /


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At one point, a dancer contorts herself as she carries Particle, tucked in a birdcage, across a room.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

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

There's a wooden birdcage with chicken figurines, an ode to where he came from, and the evolution of his ambition.

From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2020

She tripped into the bar in slacks and a pea jacket, carrying a covered birdcage.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

"Who else but Bunny would collect beautiful Georgian birdcages?" said Guy Schooling, the chairman of Sworders.

From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2024

The centerpiece is a wooden canoe, carrying various “passengers,” including birdcages, antlers and children’s chairs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2023

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

“And his daddy taught me how to make birdcages, which is where I think Tessy got her craftiness from.”

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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