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call bird en · NOUN
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A captive bird used by hunters to lure free-flying birds into a snare or trap.
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(broadly, figuratively) Anything desirable used to lure somebody.
An example is the 'Kenwood Chef', a product which is so well known to the public that it is used as a 'call bird' by the discounters: the machine is given a conspicuous place in the shop [window]
1983, David Mellor, Report to the Design Council on the Design of British Consumer Goods, page 21:
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