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n. - Hunting for flying animal's homes to get the eggs.

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Usage examples (12)
  • There is no friend like the old one with whom you went birdnesting in your youth, the friend that has plodded along life's road with you shoulder to shoulder.
  • Nothing venture, nothing win; and nobody goes birdnesting without a fall at times.
  • He played about the doors; went birdnesting when he could; and ran errands to the village.
  • It was spring time, and he forthwith went a birdnesting in the adjoining woods and hedges.
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