snowbird

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See also: snow-bird and snow bird

English

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Etymology

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From snow +‎ bird.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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snowbird (plural snowbirds)

  1. A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
  2. A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
  3. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
  4. A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter; one who overwinters elsewhere.
    Coordinate terms: sunbird, year-rounder
  5. (US military slang) One who enlists in fall to desert after winter.
  6. (slang) A cocaine user.

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See also

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References

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

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