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Meanings of old bird in English

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Usage of old bird in English
1
An old bird like me is not to be caught by chaff.
John Deane of Nottingham: Historic Adventures by Land and Sea
2
Well, I'll tell you frankly I've got fond of the old bird.
The Secret City
3
The old bird's already smoked her cigarette down to her stained fingers.
Saving max
4
He's a sporting old bird and likes to know what's going on.
Our Casualty, and Other Stories / 1918
5
He's a gay old bird, and Derry has to jack him up.
The Tin Soldier
6
The boy wounded the old bird, and stole the young ones.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures / Accompanied by a compendi...
7
Here comes the old bird with a worm in her bill.
McGuffey's First Eclectic Reader, Revised Edition
8
I heard about him at St. Renny from the old bird.
Secret Bread
9
Here, Jim, you take the old bird; I'll see to the young un.
The Magician's Show Box, and Other Stories
10
I secured the old bird for identification, and then released her.
The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1
11
These he secured, with photograph of the nest and old bird.
The Arctic Prairies : a Canoe-Journey of 2,000 Miles in Search o...
12
I s'pose the old bird is out adding up his reindeer.
Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories
13
Here's to the old bird that is not to be caught with chaff.
Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
14
She is a tough old bird, a product of old-fashioned upbringing.
Beyond exile: day by day armageddon
15
I am an old bird here and don't you forget it.
'Twixt Land & Sea: Tales
16
Well, it seems the old bird who's boss here has his weak points.
Foundation
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Old bird through the time
Old bird across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common