Magpie

Definitions

1. One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
2. Someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
3. Someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
4. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
5. Someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
6. Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
   figuratively
7. Someone connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
8. A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
   slang
9. A town in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.
10. The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
11. A halfpenny.
    UK, obsolete, slang
12. A pattern resembling the pied plumage of a magpie.
    attributive

Equivalents

Examples

“Not only is Mr. Booker a voracious magpie (who does not always acknowledge the sources of his ideas), but he also turns out to be an annoyingly biased and didactic one.”

“Kitty and I were engaged. The next day I met those accursed “magpie” Jhampanies at the back of Jakko, and, moved by some passing sentiment of pity, stopped to tell⟳ Mrs. Wessington everything.”

“The worst part of my experience⟳ in this magpie livery was yet to come⟳, for I was to appear⟳ in it the next day at church.”

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