magpie
Example Sentences
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We never got to find out who Elvis, with his magpie love for all music, might have become if he’d traveled the world and gotten to pick up an ashram sitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
The Franco-Belgian couturier referenced the extravagant plumage of a roseate spoonbill or the crested cockatoo alongside the humble crow, grey pigeon and magpie.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
The bird Kang refers to is Sussy, the magpie who accompanies Derpy.
From Salon • Jul. 2, 2025
There are a number of cultural quirks which mean Cabanagate has Australians more worked up than a magpie in spring.
From BBC • Jan. 8, 2025
Opposite each brown triangle was a splash of color, something that reminded me of our little magpie, all bright and full of life.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
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