canary
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1. canary - Noun
2. canary - Adjective
3. canary - Verb
4. canary - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.
Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone.
Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack.
A canary bird.
A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.
A quick and lively dance.
To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper.
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Better a debauched canary than a pious wolf.
Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.
Perhaps poetry will be the canary in the mine-shaft warning us of what's to come.
Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action.
The Graf Zeppelin was the mother of all airships, 787 feet long and 115 feet high. Imagine Canary Wharf, on its side, floating over your head.
The canary that dances along the bush path must have its drummer in the nearby bush.