Word: bird
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some other institution where he is to get a larger salary. But when a man who is getting $2500 a year here is offered $5000 some place else, knowing that he can never get that amount here, he feels that he owes a duty to himself, and that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," to use an old saw. In addition to this he knows that the college is cramped for funds, and that expenses must be cut down, so that no man can feel sure of his reappointment with even his present paltry salary...
Could the bird of Time...
...SUIPEE," said Dingus recently, "Why is the Columbia College Press like a performance at Tony Pastor's?" "Because a bird in hand is worth two in a bush," replied Suipee. "Wrong," said Dingus, "it's because it is composed of Actors and Spectators." Suipee swept the floor, Dingus was the broom. - Acta Columbiana...
Nobody listen'd. To-day a bird...
...Chas. S. Bird. '77 Jarvis Field...