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/ˈpəʊs(t)bɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈpoʊs(t)ˌbɔɪ/, Australian English /ˈpoʊs(t)boɪ/ Australian.
The brown flycatcher or Jacky Winter, Microeca fascinans.
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jacky winter1883
post-sitter1901
post-boy1911
spinks1945
1911 J. A. Leach Austral. Bird Bk. 121 Australian Brown Flycatcher, Jacky Winter, Post-boy, Post-sitter.
1931 N. W. Cayley What Bird is That? 64 Brown Flycatcher... Also called Peter-Peter, Post-boy, Post-sitter.
1969 A. Bell Common Austral. Birds (ed. 2) 22 Post Boy, Jacky Winter, Spinks—half-a-dozen unofficial names suggest the friendly feeling towards this quiet, confidential, contented bird.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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