jaypie

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jaypie (plural jaypies)

  1. (UK, archaic) The jay (bird).
    • 1813, Great Britain. Board of Agriculture, Agricultural Surveys: Angus (1813) (page 460)
      The magpie and jaypie inhabit the woods, and commit depredations on gardens.
    • 1838, J. Hazel, The British Farmer; or, Sketches [in verse] of a country life, page 42:
      Loud screams the jaypie as he sounds retreat, / And turtles hurry from their latent seat: []