jaybird

English edit

jay +‎ bird

jaybird (plural jaybirds)

A jay or blue jay.
- 1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad‎^[1]:
  "When I say birds of a feather flocks together, it's a metaphorical way of saying -- "
  "But dey don't, Mars Tom. No, sir, 'deed dey don't. Dey ain't no feathers dat's more alike den a bluebird en a jaybird, but ef you waits till you catches dem birds together, you'll -- "
  "Oh, give us a rest! You can't get the simplest little thing through your thick skull. Now don't bother me any more."
(US, colloquial) One who talks incessantly.
Belinda was a jaybird and could prattle on for hours about the latest gossip.