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Meanings of blue jay in anglès

Common jay of eastern North America; bright blue with grey breast.

Synonyms
Examples for "jaybird"
Examples for "jaybird"
1
If you see anyone coming toward me, whistle like a jaybird.
The hangman's daughter
2
Braddock had entered the room all right, naked as a jaybird.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
3
Todd looked down at himself, naked as a jaybird, and nodded.
Analog sff, december 2009
4
Naked as a jaybird, she grabbed a dishtowel and tore open the oven door.
Beauty and the feast
5
Soon I was padding along beside her, deep in the twilight shadows of the ancient forest, naked as a jaybird.
The Wise Man’s Fear
Usage of blue jay in anglès
1
A cat killed a cardinal, and a blue jay killed a grosbeak.
Mistress Anne
2
Then with his blue jay, his orange, his dog, he turned away.
The Wrong Twin
3
They said, O consumption, fly away, fly away with the blue jay!
The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion
4
The blue jay was exactly like its namesake in the States.
The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52
5
Jasper Jay was a very noisy blue jay who lived in the neighborhood.
The Tale of Fatty Coon
6
Once the blue jay found a good match, of the parlor match variety.
Good Stories for Great Holidays / Arranged for Story-Telling and...
7
Down by the gate the blue jay laughed again, laughed and flew away.
The Lamp in the Desert
8
Do you know, I heard a blue jay laughing up there this morning.
The Lamp in the Desert
9
That's the sparrow hawk's cry, but it's a blue jay that made it.
Uncle Robert's Geography (Uncle Robert's Visit, V.3)
10
The blue jay looked ready to peck him so he quickly grabbed the raven.
Watcher of the Dead
11
The Wilbur twin here thrust the blue jay upon his father with cordial words.
The Wrong Twin
12
One of the birds thus to escape was a blue jay of brilliant beauty.
Roving East and Roving West
13
A blue jay lights on a branch above us, and then another and another.
The Girl I Used to Be
14
The blue jay laughed at the gate gleefully, uproariously, derisively.
The Lamp in the Desert
15
And he was so cold that he looked uncommonly blue -even for a blue jay.
The Tale of Jasper Jay / Tuck-Me-In Tales
16
The blue jay laughed again in the acacia by the gate, laughed and flew away.
The Lamp in the Desert
This collocation consists of:
Blue jay through the time
Blue jay across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common