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magpie 
1 n. Prairies a black-and-white horse; a piebald.
- 1961 ". . . He says all buckskins are mean because they got Indian--"Some is," said Jake, "So's a lotta blacks an' magpies. Take a daily round that there set post with the rope. Colour ain't got a hell of a lot to do with it. . . ."
2 n. a gray, crestless jay, Perisoreus canadensis.
See also: Canada jay
- 1956 (1959) [The Canada jay is also called] magpie (Perhaps from its pilfering habits, there being hardly any other resemblance. Ont.) . . . pie (Short for magpie . . . N.S.). . . .
- 1961 ". . . He says all buckskins are mean because they got Indian--"Some is," said Jake, "So's a lotta blacks an' magpies. Take a daily round that there set post with the rope. Colour ain't got a hell of a lot to do with it. . . ."