Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bird in the bosom

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables
bird in the -bo-som
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A secret pledge that one makes for another.

British usage; Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

a bird in the bosom (canonical)

Questions

What does bird in the bosom mean?
A secret pledge that one makes for another.

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