Maggie

Definitions

1. Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
2. A diminutive of the female given name Margaret.
3. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
4. Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.
   informal

Equivalents

Examples

“Maggie. Never in her life had she heard her mother called Maggie. It was a name⟳ from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk⟳ about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now.”

“I could tell⟳ that some of the guests were confused by the name⟳ of Maggie―no-one had called her by that clunky, unfashionable name⟳ in years―”

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