Meaning of Magpie | Babel Free

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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