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magpie

noun as in chatterbox

noun as in pack rat

noun as in scavenger

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noun as in talker

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Historians have interpreted this as the era’s political satire: the magpie, audacious in the presence of a great predator, represented the common man standing up to the nobility.

In contrast, the magpie was positioned over the cat and represented the common folk, cheekily flipping the hierarchy of the day.

From Salon

It’s a magpie movie that’s happy to give audiences the tinselly things they want — i.e., two robots clobbering the Wi-Fi out of each other.

John said when he left the house this morning he saw two magpies.

From BBC

There are a number of cultural quirks which mean Cabanagate has Australians more worked up than a magpie in spring.

From BBC

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

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