dead bird
noun1
Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Slang A ball which falls over the infielders’ heads for a hit, as if it were a bird shot by a hunter.
- Jones got on board with a dead bird to start the inning.
2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, bird.
- “Bring me the two most precious things in the city,” said God to one of His Angels; and the Angel brought Him the leaden heart and the dead bird.1888, Oscar Wilde, “The Happy Prince”, in The Happy Prince and Other Tales: