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Meanings of magpies in English
Russian
коллингвуд фк Portuguese
collingwood football club Catalan
collingwood football club Spanish
collingwood football club 
Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Related terms
Portuguese
port adelaide football club Spanish
port adelaide football club Catalan
port adelaide football club 
Synonyms
Examples for "magpie"
Examples for "magpie"
1
TRAVEL:Paul Theroux has a magpie-like mind that jumps from subject to subject.
2
One was a dainty little magpie; the other a soft-eyed turtle dove.
3
It was a magpie, which actually had no business being in town.
4
For the magpie is the cleverest bird of all at building nests.
5
Unlike the rook, crow and magpie mentioned the woodpigeon is good eating.
Usage of magpies in English
1
There is information about long ago battles, ornithology, weather, and even magpies.
2
They are capital mimics-thevery parrots or magpies of the genus Man.
3
We're like magpies, keeping things that mean nothing to anyone but us.
4
Hastily they dressed, all the while chattering like a lot of magpies.
5
If he did, they'd be all over him like magpies on roadkill.
6
Herrick was saying, 'The Americans are, fortunately, a nation of magpies.
7
The others were chattering like magpies; only Will Dudley and I were silent.
8
The arrival of spring in Australia means magpies swooping to attack.
9
They are the grubs, the magpies, the weasels of the nation.
10
Ahead we could hear a pair of magpies cackling fiendishly whenever we moved.
11
They are no different from the magpies on the telephone wires.
12
I have been watching magpies building a nest outside my window.
13
Some journalists and broadcasting researchers swoop like magpies on letters to the editor.
14
Jays and magpies have also been subjected to a bitter warfare of extermination.
15
Is there any danger of a power failure from these magpies?
16
The birds which remained were ravens, magpies, partridges, crossbills and woodpeckers.
About this term
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Magpies through the time
Magpies across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common