maggie

CEFRB1

/ˈmæɡi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A common informal name for a magpie bird.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.

Examples

  • Is there Maggie's bag in the kitchen?

  • Maggie said you can hold your own in darts.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister.

  2. A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.

More examples

In context

  • I could tell that some of the guests were confused by the name of Maggie―no-one had called her by that clunky, unfashionable name in years―

  • Maggie. Never in her life had she heard her mother called Maggie. It was a name from her youth, that dead time Jerene had never been allowed to talk about [- - -]. Her mother was Margaret now.

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Origin

noun

From magpie + -ie.