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birdcage
noun- the anus US
- — Bruce Rodgers, The Queens’ Vernacular, p. 18, 1972
- a used car lot, especially one surrounded by chicken wire NEW ZEALAND
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 15, 1998
- a mounting enclosure at a racecourse AUSTRALIA, 1893
So named as it is often surrounded by a wire mesh fence. - Is there movement, life and laughter from the “birdcage” to the tote / As the old friends congregate from near and far? — Tip Kelaher, The Digger Hat and other verses, p. 34, 1942
- The bird cage was surrounded by a 200 by 100 feet picket fence[.] — Joe Andersen, Winners Can Laugh, p. 94, 1982
- When the trainer and jockey joined them in the birdcage it was the Wagga publican who spoke out[.] — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 122, 1988
- in harness racing, the enclosure where horses are paraded before events US, 1997
- an air control tower US, 1965
- — J. E. Lighter, Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, p. 165, 1994
- a railway lantern US, 1945
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 259, 1946
- a Volvo car UK
- — Peter Chippindale, The British CB Book, p. 161, 1981
- in motor racing, a chassis made of many small pieces of tubing or a tubular roll bar structure US
- — John Lawlor, How to Talk Car, p. 19, 1965
- a box used for storing dice US
- — Frank Garcia, Marked Cards and Loaded Dice, p. 250, 1962
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