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magpielike en · ADJ

Etymology

From magpie + -like.

Meanings

1. Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects.
   • Conceived as a live spectacle without a pre-recorded soundtrack, it is also the closest he has come to a pure silent feature, not that purity is a pertinent concept in the case of the magpielike Mr. Maddin and his dense, crossbred melodramas. 2007 May 7, Dennis Lim, “Newfangled Silent Movie With a Bit of Old Barnum”, in New York Times:

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