jaybirdn.
/ˈdʒeɪbəːd/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪˌbərd/ A jay: in some parts of England, the Common Jay; in North America, the Blue Jay.
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1661 in D. G. Hill Dedham (Mass.) Rec. (1894) IV. 41 En Dani Fisher is creditor to the Towne for his sonne catching of Jaybirds.
1832 J. P. Kennedy Swallow Barn II. iii. 55 A scream of jay-birds heard at intervals.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters II. ix. 157 I could..hear the shrill voices of the jay-birds.
1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Jay-bird, the jay.
1890 L. C. D'Oyle Notches Rough Edge Life 81 The only signs of life were an occasional jay-bird, or an eagle.
1893 G. E. Dartnell & E. H. Goddard Gloss. Words Wilts. Joy-bird, the Jay.
1896 J. C. Harris Sister Jane 84 I hear a flutter in the chaneyberry tree and look up and see a jaybird.
1972 D. Delman Sudden Death (1973) iii. 74 The corpus was naked as a jaybird.
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