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▸ noun: A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen or Cracticus tibicen.
▸ noun: (figurative) Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
▸ noun: (slang) A fan or member of Newcastle United F.C.
▸ noun: (military, firearms) The third circle on a target, between the inner and outer.
▸ noun: (UK, slang, obsolete) A halfpenny.
▸ verb: (transitive) To mark with patches of black and white or light and dark.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive) To steal or hoard (items) as magpies are believed to do.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To talk idly; to talk about other people's private business.
▸ noun: (soccer) Someone connected with Newcastle United Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
▸ noun: (soccer) Someone connected with Notts County Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
▸ noun: (Australian rules football) Someone connected with Collingwood Football Club, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
▸ noun: (rugby league) Someone connected, or formerly connected with the Western Suburbs Magpies, as a fan, player, coach, etc.
Similar:
pack rat,
scavenger,
Maggie,
Eurasian magpie,
Maggy,
magpie-robin,
magpie moth,
European magpie,
magpie-lark,
chatter,
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