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birdie
CIDE DICTIONARY
birdie, n.
A pretty or dear little bird; -- a pet name. Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
birdie, n. & v.
--n.
1 colloq. a little bird.
2 Golf a score of one stroke less than par at any hole.
--v.tr. (birdies, birdied, birdying) Golf play (a hole) in a birdie.
--n.
1 colloq. a little bird.
2 Golf a score of one stroke less than par at any hole.
--v.tr. (birdies, birdied, birdying) Golf play (a hole) in a birdie.
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