Definition of "singing-bird" []

• Same as singing bird (which see, under sing, v. i.). (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Try and calm yourself, and make your mind easy again, my frightened little singing-bird."
• "She sang as though Nature had intended her to be a singing-bird — requiring no education, no labour."
• "She sang as though Nature had intended her to be a singing-bird -- requiring no education, no labour."