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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(UK, Australia) The, formerly common, hobby of looking for birds' nests, often with the intention of collecting the eggs..
Let's go bird-nesting.
They [the boys] all had catapults […]. In summer they used to go fishing and bird-nesting.
An unusual, but not unheard of, setup called bird nesting is when children stay in the house and the parents take turns moving in and out.
He should feel lucky I agreed to test out this bird-nesting custody arrangement this month. It was a huge inconvenience for me to have the kids staying full time in the house while Mark and I traded time living there.
Use bird-nesting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bird-nesting means (UK, Australia) The, formerly common, hobby of looking for birds' nests, often with the intention of collecting the eggs..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Let's go bird-nesting.
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