Usage examples for jackdaw
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They
and
the
fowls
seemed
excellent
travellers,
and
after
a
long
day's
march
would
come
up
smiling,
like
the
jackdaw
of
Rheims, "
not
a
penny
the
worse."
– A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil by T. R. Swinburne
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The
train
arrived,
and
out
of
it,
looking
much
more
like
her
old
self
than
she
had
on
the
previous
day,
emerged
Mrs.
Parsons
with
the
most
extraordinary
collection
of
bundles,
he
counted
nine
of
them,
to
say
nothing
of
a
jackdaw
in
a
cage.
– Love Eternal by H. Rider Haggard
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I'll
guard
the
front,
and
you
keep
your
eyes
on
the
hinder
parts,
though
a
jackdaw
could
scarcely
win
over
these
craigs.
– Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan