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songbird
noun- a female singer UK, 1886
- At a time when it was hip to be cool and well-tailored, and female singers were still referred to as “songbirds” and “canaries”, the Playboy Club became the most popular nightclub in town. — Kathryn Leigh Scott, The Bunny Years, p. 58, 1998
- a police informer US
- It was a cheap revenge since I’d have liked to take care of that filthy songbird myself. — Red Rudensky, The Gonif, p. 103, 1970
- — Ralph de Sola, Crime Dictionary, p. 141, 1982
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