jack‧daw /ˈdʒækdɔː $ -dɒː/
noun [countable][
Date: 1500-1600;
Origin: Jack male name + daw 'jackdaw' (15-19 centuries) (perhaps from an unrecorded Old English dawe)]
a black bird like a
crow that sometimes steals small bright objects
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