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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : kuh-nair-ee
Phonetic Transcription : kəˈnɛər i



Definition of canaries

Origin :
  • type of small songbird, 1650s (short for Canary-bird, 1570s), from French canarie, from Spanish canario "canary bird," literally "of the Canary Islands," from Latin Insula Canaria "Canary Island," largest of the Fortunate Isles, literally "island of dogs" (canis, genitive canarius; see canine (n.)), so called because large dogs lived there. The name was extended to the whole island group (Canariæ Insulæ) by the time of Arnobius (c.300). As a type of wine (from the Canary Islands) from 1580s.
  • As in informant/informer : noun person who delivers news
  • As in rat : noun informer
  • As in snitch : noun informer
  • As in stool pigeon : noun informer to police
  • As in tattletale/tattler : noun person who gossips, tells rumors
  • As in weasel : noun sneak
  • As in informer : noun reporter
  • As in tattletale : noun gossip
  • As in informant : noun informer
  • As in songbird : noun singing bird
  • As in squealer : noun informant
  • As in snitcher : noun informer
  • As in stoolie : noun informer
  • As in tattler : noun informer
  • As in fink : noun informer
  • As in sing : verb carry a tune with one's voice
  • As in vocalize : verb put into words or song
Example sentences :
  • I have two canaries which have set twice this spring, but have not raised a bird.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 27, 1880 » by Various
  • We have three canaries, and one of them is almost as old as I am.
  • Extract from : « Harper's Young People, August 31, 1880 » by Various
  • Now you come to mention it, I dare say she does turn 'em into canaries.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • She was easy in mind, since Miss Dickinson's canaries would be delivered.
  • Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • He'd as soon think of tryin' to hatch out ostriches or canaries.
  • Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
  • Canaries sing well, but the defect of their music is its abundance.
  • Extract from : « Days Off » by Henry Van Dyke
  • It contained a number of bird-cages, such as are used for canaries.
  • Extract from : « Dick Leslie's Luck » by Harry Collingwood
  • Now, as you well know, the Canaries alone of all the archipelagoes were inhabited.
  • Extract from : « More Letters of Charles Darwin » by Charles Darwin
  • Here he reminds one of an eagle caged with a colony of canaries.'
  • Extract from : « The Explorer » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • What she said was that her mother and Mr. Fenwick were exactly like the canaries.
  • Extract from : « Somehow Good » by William de Morgan

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