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Meanings of own nest in English

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Usage of own nest in English
1
It is an evil bird that pulls to pieces its own nest.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
2
Well, then, this Dink must have feathered her own nest with it.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
3
Go back to your son, to your own nest darkened with sorrow.
The Fugitive
4
It's an ill bird, they say, that fouls its own nest.
The Moonstone
5
The partridge makes its own nest before it occupies it.
New Tabernacle Sermons
6
Every bird its own nest builds in its own way.
The Bow of Orange Ribbon: A Romance of New York
7
I do not even have to build my own nest.
Citizen Bird: Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginne...
8
No one has a right to foul his own nest.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
9
She is a married monogamous nympho-bird who stays for ever in her own nest.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
10
Is it not a foul bird defiles the own nest?
Rosalynde / or, Euphues' Golden Legacy
11
There's a vulgar proverb about the bird that fouls its own nest, you know.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
12
The Butlerian infestation would be exterminated in their own nest.
Navigators of Dune
13
Do the hoppers wander far from their own nest mounds?
Star Born
14
Because a wise bird doesn't shit in its own nest.
Casket of Souls
15
It is an agenda that feathers their own nest and will lead to further polarisation.
The Guardian
16
We'll hatch the good egg in our own nest.
The Ramrodders: A Novel
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