jaybird
nounEtymology From jay + bird.
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A jay or blue jay.
- "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."1894, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad:
2
US, Colloquial One who talks incessantly.
- Belinda was a jaybird and could prattle on for hours about the latest gossip.
- Derived terms
- happy as a jaybird, naked as a jaybird