birdikin en · NOUN
Etymology
From bird + -ikin.
Meanings
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(dated, informal) A young bird.
Mrs. Prior and her basket were gone when we repaired to the drawing-room: having been hunting all day, the hungry mother had returned with her prey to her wide-mouthed birdikins.
1860 January–June, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, Lovel the Widower, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published 1861, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| birdikins | Number=Plur | lexicographic |