yardbird

Example Sentences

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The cost of the beloved yardbird has shot up on menus across the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Now, because of a mix of slim restaurant margins, inflation, a national protein obsession and consumer expectations, the beloved yardbird has become a proxy for the affordability crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

“There is no name for this thing that you’ve become,” he writes: “Convict, prisoner, inmate, lifer, yardbird, all fail.”

From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2019

Dishes of note: Fried yardbird with potatoes, collards and mace gravy; Helga’s meatballs and pasta with tomato ragout and ricotta toast.

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2016

The ensuing scramble is pure bedlam, because the last two men of the platoon to answer roll call get the "yardbird" detail.

From Time Magazine Archive