Noun
media magpies will no doubt seize upon the president's latest gaffe and blow it all out of proportion Adjective
a pack rat whose cramped apartment is filled with a magpie collection of books, old newspapers, and tchotchkes
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Noun
While most animals did not pass Gallup's test, some did, including dolphins, great apes (gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, and bonobos), and magpies.—David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024 As a textbook magpie, I was stoked to find this used & Other Stories mirror disc slip dress for sale on eBay.—Ebony-Renee Baker, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2024
Adjective
The aloof downtown intellectual, named Luc by her Belgian parents, is a poetic essayist with a magpie mind and a talent for archive spelunking.—Carl Swanson, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024 The language and structure of King’s sermons, tapping into this magpie tradition of oral performance, had many sources.—Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for magpie
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