Sentence examples for the cuckoo from inspiring English sources

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the cuckoo

noun

Any of various birds, of the family Cuculidae, famous for laying its eggs in the nests of other species; but especially the , Cuculus canorus, that has a characteristic two-note call.

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Father shoots the cuckoo.

"Nora's got the cuckoo," Stephenson said.

I was the cuckoo in the nest.

The Cuckoo Song      Sing, cuccu, nu.

Runners-up Polar bears, the cuckoo, 'War Horse'.

The sound of the cuckoo is heard in the land".

Her sacred bird was first the cuckoo, later the peacock.

The economy acts more like the cuckoo in the nest.

The call of the cuckoo is instantly recognisable.

It seems almost entirely replaced by the cuckoo 'convince'convince

"I explained why I did the cuckoo thing.

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