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ghetto bird

idiom

A police helicopter, specifically in the context of patrolling or searching impoverished, high-crime urban areas (the ghetto).


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  1. 01

    a little bird told me

    I received the information from a source which I am not prepared to disclose.

  2. 02

    bird in the bosom

    A secret pledge that one makes for another.

  3. 03

    bird of ill omen

    A person who brings bad news.

  4. 04

    bird of one's own brain

    One's own idea or conception.

  5. 05

    early bird

    A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others.

  6. 06

    flip the bird

    To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.

  7. 07

    ghetto lottery

    A financial windfall obtainable by a socioeconomically disadvantaged person.

  8. 08

    go the way of the dodo bird

    Alternative form of go the way of the dodo.

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