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snow⋅bird

  [snoh-burd]
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–noun
1. junco.
2. snow bunting.
3. Informal. a person who vacations in or moves to a warmer climate during cold weather.
4. Slang. cokehead.
Origin:
1665–75; snow + bird
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coke⋅head

  [kohk-hed]
–noun Slang.
a cocaine addict or habitual user.
Also called coke fiend, coker, snowbird.

Origin:
coke 2 + head

jun⋅co

  [juhng-koh]
–noun, plural -cos.
any of several small North American finches of the genus Junco.
Also called snowbird.

Origin:
1700–10; < Sp: rush, bird found in rush beds < L juncus rush

snow bunting

 
–noun
a bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis, of the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere having white plumage.
Also called snowbird, snowflake.

Origin:
1765–75
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
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snow·bird   (snō'bûrd')   
n.  

  1. Any of several birds, such as the junco and the snow bunting, common in snowy regions.

  2. Slang One who moves from a cold to a warm place in the winter.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cokehead

  1. n.
    a heavy cocaine user; a cocaine addict. (Drugs.) : We get a few depressed cokeheads in the emergency room who have tried suicide.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

junco 
1706, from Sp. junco "reed, bush," as in junco ave "reed sparrow," a bird of the Indies.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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