Meaning of magpielike | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of a magpie, especially in the habit of hoarding objects.

Examples

“Conceived as a live spectacle without a pre-recorded soundtrack, it is also the closest he has come to a pure silent feature, not that purity is a pertinent concept in the case of the magpielike Mr. Maddin and his dense, crossbred melodramas.”

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