birdcage

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Plenty more dinosaurs will arrive in the film’s two-hour-plus running time: swooping Quetzalcoatlus, splashing Mosasaurus, frilled Dilophosaurus and a bitty Whoknowswhatasaurus that Ali’s Duncan keeps in a bamboo birdcage by his boat dock in Suriname.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

In a rather tragic detail that feels straight out of a fable, Tiny Pinocchio was kept in a decorative metal birdcage when people visited the house to prevent him from accidentally getting squished.

From Slate • Jul. 15, 2023

The last step was layering, like distributing smaller items like old trophies, board games or magazines, and putting a birdcage — a perfect metaphor — in a central location.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

There’s a wooden birdcage with chicken figurines, an ode to where he came from, and the evolution of his ambition.

From Salon • Jul. 3, 2020

Still clinging to the birdcage, Jemmy continued feeling his way along.

From "The Whipping Boy" by Sid Fleischman