DCHP-3

magpie

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

Prairies a black-and-white horse; a piebald.

Quotations

1961
". . . He says all buckskins are mean because they got Indian--"Some is," said Jake, "So's a lotta blacks an' magpies. Take a daily round that there set post with the rope. Colour ain't got a hell of a lot to do with it. . . ."
2n.

a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.

Quotations

1956
[The Canada jay is also called] magpie (Perhaps from its pilfering habits, there being hardly any other resemblance. Ont.) . . . pie (Short for magpie . . . N.S.). . . .