snowbird
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Noun edit
snowbird (plural snowbirds)
- A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
- A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
- The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
- A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
- Coordinate terms: sunbird, year-rounder
- (US military slang) One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
- (slang) A cocaine user.
Hyponyms edit
- (cocaine user): snow bunny
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Translations edit
dark-eyed junco
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See also edit
References edit
- Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech[1], volume 47, number 1/2, page 104
Further reading edit
- Snowbird (person) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia