DCHP-3

pie

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

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.). . . .