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Meanings of pied in English

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Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly.

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Just follow the pied piper of the town, he'll lead you there.
The Guardian
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I saw the ladies in the village yesterday,-theywere pied and parded.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 / A Magaz...
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The pied colours are preferable, however, as more easily seen in cover.
Dogs and All about Them
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A lone pied wagtail visits the bird feeders outside our kitchen window.
The Irish Times
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He is somewhat larger than a blackbird, and pied like a magpie.
My First Voyage to Southern Seas
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Most were dark gray, some were checkered, and a few were pied.
Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
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We hope her mission continues,Ali said, before resuming his role as pied piper.
Reuters
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Mr Miru said pied oyster catchers were plentiful - but toheroa are not.
Radio NZ
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And the population listens and follows these dark skinned pied pipers.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
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He finds the universe a great plot against a pied morality.
Browning as a Philosophical and Religious Teacher
11
It was a pied woodpecker, not the large green woodpecker, but another kind.
The Open Air
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The pub's 10 bedrooms have more of a Kensington pied-à-terre vibe.
The Guardian
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Redstart and pied flycatcher nest among the birches and alders here.
The Guardian
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Instead of a flower-pied plain, he saw a series of unkempt back yards.
The Servant Problem
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I overwhelmed him with encomiums, which he took au pied de la lettre.
Pelham — Volume 08
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Its pied plumage is very pretty, but its note is a melancholy one.
Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia / Performed Un...
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