RARE BIRD, A Definition & Meaning

rare bird, a

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An exceptional individual, a unique person, as in That wife of yours is a rare bird; you're lucky to have her . This idiom, generally used as a compliment, is a translation of the Latin rara avis , which itself was used from about 1600 on and began to be translated only in the late 1800s.

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It is a doubly rare bird: a surprising blow to the business bar that is rooted in an unusually rigorous application of originalism.

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When the landlord offered him multiple units on the property, Heiser offered Cornell a sizable rear unit for Rare Bird, a publishing company and record label whose output encompasses musicians’ memoirs, vinyl audiobooks and beautiful reissues of Jack Kerouac and J.G.

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Anna Whiston-Donaldson is a writer whose memoir “Rare Bird: A Memoir of Loss and Love” and children’s book “A Hug From Heaven” help those dealing with grief.

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Cardona had spent two decades nurturing the rare bird, a species once thought extinct.

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A devoted grandmother and recovering drug addict, Jesus-loving Sunday school teacher and Guggenheim fellow, 12-stepping TED talker and small-town writer whose book sales top 4 million, Lamott is that rare bird, a progressive stalwart beloved in coastal cities and flyover hamlets alike.

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