Definition of "magpies" []

• Plural form of magpie. (noun)

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• "In West Australia Somers could sit in the bush and talk to the flocks of big, handsome, black – and – white birds that they call magpies, but which are a sort of butcher bird, apparently."
• "From the river St. John we went to four islands, on one of which we landed, and found great numbers of birds called magpies, [82] of which we captured many small ones, which are as good as pigeons."
• "Kids who have learned the correct lessons from Viva Pinata will give their kitten a name, a humorous hat, and a house, and then make it mercilessly breed non-stop with other kittens in order to produce kitten-babies that can be fed to other, more valuable animals, such as magpies or crocodiles, so as to invite these crocodiles and suchlike to live in your garden."