birdikin

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noun

A young bird.

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Meanings

nounbirdikin (plural birdikins)

plural birdikins

  1. datedinformalA 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

Origin

From bird + -ikin.

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“birdikin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdikin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “birdikin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/birdikin.

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