Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: magpie
IPA transcription: [m'æɡp,aɪ]
Pronunciations of magpie
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: magpie
    Meaning: long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call
Usage examples
  • He shoves his old nose right through the smash in the pane, and wags his old head at me like a chattering magpie.
  • The attorney betook himself to his drawing-room, the clerk to the Magpie and Stump, and Job to Covent Garden Market to spend the night in a vegetable basket.
  • Mr. Lowten had still to be ferreted out from the back parlour of the Magpie and Stump; and Job had scarcely accomplished this object, and communicated Sam Weller's message, when the clock struck ten.
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