I will concede that the image of a cow squeezed into a birdcage is amusing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Milking the old cash cow « BuzzMachine] Reference

This became known as the birdcage thesis, and Chen and his allies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commanding Heights] Reference

I didn't realize that the birdcage was a symbol of domestic happiness for Victorians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Magazine June 1990, 1994] Reference

With my hair sufficiently plastered down it was time for the birdcage aka "party veil".    From Wordnik.com.  [Weddingbee] Reference

"birdcage" in the shape of Cuba that clearly expresses the anger Cuban people feel about being caged in by a repressive government.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

What was it that buoyed the birdcage, there in the canal?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birdcage] Reference

 It was a birdcage veil, the kind that had some body to it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Lives on Barriedale Road?] Reference

At the very front was a huge birdcage, complete with parrot.    From Wordnik.com.  [Leave a Message for Willie]

Will he choose me to hold the hat, the birdcage, the scarlet scarf?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kahawa]

The elevator was prewar, with gilded, curving bars like a birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

A birdcage hung in the sunny window of her house when she was a girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ulysses] Reference

The birdcage and dog musical-box in the illustration are of this kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

She slipped down and ran into the next room to come back with a birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference

If she abolished the birdcage, she would not be able to conjure it again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stork Naked]

Switters borrowed the nurse's penlight and examined the head in the birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]

I heard the birdcage open, and the bird fluttering in there without crying out.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birdcage] Reference

The elevator opened and he held the birdcage out to keep the doors from closing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Birdcage] Reference

A few feet away, a giant birdcage is home to feisty lovebirds, parrots and doves.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meredith Barnett: Beyond the Man Chair (Boy-Friendly Boutiques)] Reference

All the while the mighty baron squirmed and fidgeted like a beetle in a birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kendermore]

Woofer turned to the birdcage, set teeth and paw to the catch, and worked it open.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yon Ill Wind]

All the high wigs were made of metal on the inside so they're built like a birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Knightley's Noble Again] Reference

But the rest of this story was obscured by the large birdcage. standing on top of it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]

"If you say one bad word, I'll lock you in a soundproof birdcage," Surprise warned it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stork Naked]

‘Thinks of a birdcage, afore me!’ cried the old woman, apostrophizing the ceiling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dombey and Son] Reference

Rocks were nestled in birdcage wire on top, and a metal container of water sat beside it.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tenth Circle]

It was an elaborate birdcage, made all of wicker and painted with delicate gold patterns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

From the roof of the small porch hung several baskets of blooming flowers and a birdcage.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Dreamthief's Daughter]

When the cover is on the birdcage, he's very quiet and doesn't attract attention to himself.    From Wordnik.com.  [idiot-milk Diary Entry] Reference

The birdcage was knocked over, and the chaffinches escaped, swooping about the room like bats.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]

I think MoDo's columns are best left for their proper place, lining the birdcage of journalism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Election Central Sunday Roundup] Reference

The tall man with the nervous, irritable face and the little girl with the birdcage in her hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mary Rose of Mifflin] Reference

Then, pointing at the birdcage, I said, “I remember when you used to have about twenty birds.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Middlesex]

To get into the garden, one had to go back to the other end of the birdcage and around the corner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sara R. Nichols: Afghanistan: Eight Days From the Ground--Part 6 of 8] Reference

One young man recently walked a busy street with a birdcage on his head before dropping it and fleeing.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Art of Defiance] Reference

A section of theSwitchford Gazettewaiting for its turn in Jerry's birdcage lay next to an empty toolbox.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Garage] Reference

A striking multitude of birdcage lamps at the entrance promise diners a feast for all the senses, not just the palate.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hot Spot: Beijing] Reference