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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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BLACKIE, n.1

1. Also bleckie, blekkie. The blackbird, Turdus merula. Gen.Sc.Sc. 1995 James S. Adam New Verses for an Auld Sang 31:
birds across the treetops ceilidhing,
blackies musical cascades fluting,
starlings restless thieving sparring
m.Sc. 1979 William J. Tait in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 37:
At ten tae five o an April moarnin,
A barrage o birdsang opens up,
Blackies an mavises burstin their haases
m.Sc. 1985 William J. Rae in Joy Hendry Chapman 40 19:
He'd gien sae muckle pleisure tae a craw, a blackie, a mavis and a peesie-weep that they'd wantit tae shaw him aff tae their wives and families anaa...
Lnk. 1923 J. S. Martin Sc. Earth 35:
I hear the gowd-nebbed blackie at his singin'.
Dmf. 1908 J. L. Waugh Robbie Doo (1914) ii.:
I used to watch the . . . blackies fleein' aboot the aipple tree.

Comb.: “grund blackie, one which builds its nest on or in the ground” (ne., centr.Rxb. 1923 Watson W.-B.).

2. The carrion-crow, Corvus corone. See Black-neb, n.4

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