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Canary seed   /kənˈɛri sid/   Listen
Canary seed

noun
1.
A mixture of seeds used to feed caged birds.





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"Canary seed" Quotes from Famous Books



... stomach is caved in where there should be a fullness, is the giving of less prominence to the purely intellectual side of her education going to do away with these defects, or fill up the waste places and make them glad? Not much! A sack of canary seed, or a rubber air cushion, or a bale of cotton, beats the Boston idea all hollow, and we will leave it to ...
— Peck's Sunshine - Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, - Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 • George W. Peck
... by some sweet, impulsive child about its "pet robin" or "dear little swallow," as to why it did not seem to eat or feel happy? and have found the poor victims quietly starving to death on a diet of oats, canary seed, or even green leaves, the infant mind not feeling quite sure what the ...
— Wild Nature Won By Kindness • Elizabeth Brightwen
... Wat disgustedly. "If that's a cloud I'm a Mercutian. There wouldn't be enough water there to moisten a canary seed." ...
— Slaves of Mercury • Nat Schachner


Words linked to "Canary seed" :   bird feed, birdseed, bird food


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