"railbird" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-railbird.ogg [Australia] Forms: railbirds [plural]
Etymology: rail + bird Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rail|bird}} rail + bird Head templates: {{en-noun}} railbird (plural railbirds)
  1. A rail or similar bird
    Sense id: en-railbird-en-noun-7ute6q9N
  2. (US, slang) A gambler; originally specifically a horseracing enthusiast Tags: US, slang Categories (lifeform): Rallids
    Sense id: en-railbird-en-noun-8nv3vQPz Disambiguation of Rallids: 34 66 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 93 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91

Inflected forms

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