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Word: dickeybird (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Usage:

...chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, Smith had the duty of helping steer to Senate passage the Administration's Taft-Hartley revision. But after the losing vote-which was a real Administration, and therefore a Republican, defeat-Smith warbled: "I'm just as cheerful as a dickeybird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REPUBLICANS: The Mess in Washington | 5/17/1954 | See Source »

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