Meaning
A bird — the general word for any small flying bird, from the sparrow to the kling-kling. It runs through country talk of weather signs and duppy lore, and turns up in kite-flying ('cyattie') season when children read the wind. In some slang, borrowed from abroad, 'bird' can loosely mean a young woman.
Examples
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A bird a sing pon di guinep tree.
A bird is singing on the guinep tree.
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Di bird dem wake mi every mawnin.
The birds wake me every morning.
Origin
From English 'bird'. See [[cyattie]], [[kling-kling]].
How it’s used
Any small bird; occasionally slang for a young woman.