POPINJAY
\pˈɒpɪnd͡ʒˌe͡ɪ], \pˈɒpɪndʒˌeɪ], \p_ˈɒ_p_ɪ_n_dʒ_ˌeɪ]\
Definitions of POPINJAY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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n. [Old English, Spanish] A parrot or other bird with a tufted or gay head; a jay; the green woodpecker with a scarlet crown;—formerly in Scotland, a mark in the form of a parrot put on a pole to be shot at;—a gay, trifling young man; a fop or coxcomb.
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