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canaries

noun as in informant

noun as in songbird

noun as in squealer

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Example Sentences

He described them as the “canaries in the mine” and said the president must listen to them.

Eustacie would be glad to know if radish would kill canaries; also if gas would hurt them?

Just below this lie the volcanic islands known as the Canaries, which are thought to be the Fortunate Isles of antiquity.

After a time the canaries got to know her, and hopped gayly around their cages, and chirped and sang whenever they saw her coming.

He said that when he grew up he was going to be a merchant, and he had already begun to carry on a trade in canaries and goldfish.

He was not fond of having visitors coming to his room, because, he said, they frightened the canaries.

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On this page you'll find 404 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to canaries, such as: accuser, adviser, announcer, betrayer, blabbermouth, and canary.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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