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magpie

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mag·pie  (mgp)
n.
1. Any of various birds of the family Corvidae found worldwide, having a long graduated tail and black, blue, or green plumage with white markings and noted for their chattering call. The species Pica pica, the black-billed magpie, is widespread in the Northern Hemisphere. Also called pie2.
2. Any of various birds resembling the magpie, such as the Australian bell magpie of the family Cracticidae.
3. A person who chatters.
4. One who compulsively collects or hoards small objects.

[Mag, a name used in proverbs about chatterers (a nickname for Margaret) + pie.]

magpie
Noun
1. a bird of the crow family with black-and-white plumage, a long tail, and a chattering call
2. any of various similar Australian birds, eg the butcherbird
3. Brit a person who hoards small objects [from Mag, diminutive of Margaret + pie, obsolete name for the magpie]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.magpiemagpie - long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
corvine bird - birds of the crow family
genus Pica, Pica - magpies
European magpie, Pica pica - a common magpie of Eurasia
American magpie, Pica pica hudsonia - a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America
2.magpiemagpie - someone who collects things that have been discarded by others
hoarder - a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use
3.magpie - an obnoxious and foolish and loquacious talker
speaker, talker, verbaliser, verbalizer, utterer - someone who expresses in language; someone who talks (especially someone who delivers a public speech or someone especially garrulous); "the speaker at commencement"; "an utterer of useful maxims"
Translations
magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] nurraca

magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] npie f

magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] nElster f

magpie [ˈmægpaɪ] ngazza

magpie
n magpie [ˈmӕgpai]
a black-and-white bird of the crow family, known for its habit of collecting shiny objects. ekster عَقعَق: طَيْر من فَصيلَة الغُرابِيّات сврака straka skade die Elster καρακάξα urraca harakas زاغ harakka pie עוֹרֵב הַנחָלִים मैगपाई, चिड़िया मैना की जाति की svraka szarka jalak skjór gazza かささぎ 까치 šarka žagata burung murai ekster skjære sroka gralha coţofană сорока straka sraka svraka skata นกกางเขน saksağan 喜鵲 сорока یورپی اور امریکی کوّا chim ác là


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If you just go to the Magpie and Stump, and ask at the bar for Mr.
The jackdaws were eating pie- crust, and the magpie was drinking gravy out of a patty-pan.
Then there was the sleigh ride, during which she found her tongue and chattered like any magpie, and so ended that glorious Christmas Day; and many and many a night thereafter did Rebecca go to sleep with the precious coral chain under her pillow, one hand always upon it to be certain that it was safe.
 
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