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whirl⋅y⋅bird

[hwur-lee-burd, wur-]
–noun Informal.
helicopter.

Origin:
1950–55; whirl + -y 1 + bird
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whirl·y·bird   (hwûr'lē-bûrd', wûr'-)   
n.   Informal
A helicopter.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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whirlybird

  1. n.
    a helicopter. : See that whirlybird up there? It's timing your speed. Slow down.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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