birdlime

Example Sentences

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Then they came to the ring of birdlime.

From Literature

Without the peregrine falcons to keep them in check, they were so numerous that the courthouse windows and ledges were white with birdlime.

From Literature

Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice.

From Project Gutenberg

"You took a flat stick and applied birdlime to the top, and drew the money out through the chink, you rogue," said his holiness, severely.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, what unutterable corruption sticks, like birdlime, to all our motives, all our thoughts, all our words, all our actions!

From Project Gutenberg