Storm teased her over what he termed her magpie mind, which picked up snippets of information to store for future airing. From Wordnik.com. [The Outrageous Dowager]
GRANT: The magpie is quiet, so Jess Relton asks a favor. From Wordnik.com. [Magpie Attacks Have Aussies Ducking] Reference
She opted to automatically add the tag magpie to identify tweets from advertisers. From Wordnik.com. Reference
For the magpie is the cleverest bird of all at building nests. From Wordnik.com. [English Fairy Tales] Reference
The magpie was the first pet of her own she had ever had, and she loved it. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
A magpie is a very talkative and intelligent bird, which is even capable of imitating sounds. From Wordnik.com. [<i>Rowrrrrrr!</i> Manhattan's Fat Cats Size Up Last Candidates Standing] Reference
In calling a magpie a maggie I may be sharing a word with my wife or asserting that I am Australian. From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 1] Reference
I've started a new Margaret Pie aka magpie as per my take on her from the Charles de lint book Some place to be flying. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference
Over yonder, there falls eddying from a poplar's peak a magpie -- half white, half black, like a shred of partly-burned paper. From Wordnik.com. [Under Fire: the story of a squad] Reference
The bird "magpie", originally "maggoty-pie," was so called on account of its whimsical drollery. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 41, August 10, 1850] Reference
Geoff Mulgan Brown is less of an intellectual "magpie" than he seems. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Pica comes from the Latin word for "magpie," a bird known to eat nearly anything. From Wordnik.com. [Signs of the Times] Reference
The cry of the magpie is a sign of rain. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
She chatters like a magpie and skips about like a kid. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But ever since then I know it is unlucky to see a magpie. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Do you see that magpie yonder, sitting in the spruce fir?. From Wordnik.com. [East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon] Reference
He said it the day that perjured villain Pat Murphy killed my magpie. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
The magpie and the crow were tired of this eagle telling them what to do. From Wordnik.com. [Weaving the Land into Stories, and History] Reference
But, just as she was going to leave the 'fould,' a magpie flew before her. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
As soon as she had had her breakfast, she ran into the yard to feed her magpie. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
No one liked to see a magpie when starting on a journey, but in certain parts of. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Lessons, &c. (2) Pie, -- as in magpie, piebald, -- from the two colours of the page. From Wordnik.com. [The Prayer Book Explained] Reference
This fable gave rise to a proverb, "As the wood pigeon said to the magpie: 'I know.'". From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
When the magpie heard this, it tore out all its feathers, leaving nothing but the tail. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
'It's as black as a coal, and just in one place is a white streak -- he is a regular magpie. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
A magpie, belonging to a barber at Rome, could imitate to a nicety almost every word it heard. From Wordnik.com. [A Hundred Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
A magpie belonging to a barber in Rome, could imitate very perfectly almost everything it heard. From Wordnik.com. [Anecdotes of Animals] Reference
Debo has the sharp beak of a magpie when it comes to wrenching from memory just the right anecdote. From Wordnik.com. [Wait for Me! Memoirs of the Youngest Mitford Sister, by Deborah Devonshire] Reference
Compare offers at mobile magpie. co.ukIf you have any ethical questions, email lucy. [email protected]. From Wordnik.com. [Is it OK to eat fresh tomatoes?] Reference
She went there now, picked up her magpie, and climbed up with difficulty by way of Pat Murphy's broken bit. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
The magpie shakes his tail, like magpies do and he hops on top of the air conditioning unit to groom himself. From Wordnik.com. [Cubicle Genie*] Reference
She chattered in French and broken English like a magpie, and flew here and there as lively as if she were on the stage. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
The dauntless man said, "I shot the magpie, it is true, but if it could foretell our fate, why could it not foresee its own?". From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
I will relate one other tale of the magpie, which I heard upwards of twenty years ago in the parish of Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
If the thing be dark, and the stocking light, an effect of cleanliness is attained; but the magpie appearance immediately prevails. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 357, June, 1845] Reference
Soon after this, a magpie came down to tell all the fowls in the yard that one of Snowdrop's ducklings had been eaten by a rat, and that. From Wordnik.com. [Dick and His Cat and Other Tales] Reference
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