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noun • warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food • informal terms for a (young) woman • a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt • badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers verb • watch and study birds in their natural habitat | ||||||||
| 69% | 8 | Commonly associated with Mrs. Malaprop, a character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals | ||||||
noun • the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar | ||||||||
| 44% | 14 | Author who wrote 'The Casting Away of Mrs. Lecks and Mrs. Aleshine' | ||||||
noun • United States writer (1834-1902) | ||||||||
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BIRD which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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BIRD
Updated: October 14, 2023
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