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

Mindy is bracingly funny but also masculine enough to intimidate Jerry, the delicate peacock in this gilded birdcage.

From Salon • May 29, 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

I found Golan sitting on his haunches with his head down and his back against the railing, the birdcage between his knees.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs