snowbird

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See also: snow-bird and snow bird

English

Etymology

From snow +‎ bird.

Pronunciation

Noun

snowbird (plural snowbirds)

  2. A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
    Hypernyms: junco < bird < animal < organism, species
  3. A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
    Hypernyms: bird < animal < organism, species
  4. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
    Hypernyms: bird < animal < organism, species
  6. A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
    Hypernym: person
    Coordinate terms: sunbird, year-rounder
  7. (US military slang) One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
    Hypernyms: enlistee < person
  8. (slang) Someone who uses cocaine illicitly.
    Hypernyms: druggie < criminal < person
    Hyponym: snow bunny

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References

  • Lighter, Jonathan (1972) “The Slang of the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1917-1919: An Historical Glossary”, in American Speech‎, volume 47, number 1/2, page 104

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