coo, jailbird, houseful of grandbabies

Indian authorities detained two pigeons on suspicion of espionage. One of the jailbirds carried a message attributed to a Pakistan-based Islamist terror group.

India Detains Pigeons as Authorities Fret Over Risk of a Coo

At the center of the latest flutter along the tense border between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan: pigeons.

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EMBROIDERED SNEAKERS

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Houseful of grandbabies this weekend, but I managed a few quiet moments and found these totally cool embroidered sneakers.

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jail·bird

  (jāl′bûrd′)

n. Informal

A prisoner or an ex-convict.

coo¹

kuː/

verb

1. 1.

   (of a pigeon or dove) make a soft murmuring sound.

   "ringdoves cooed among the branches"

noun

1. 1.

   a soft murmuring sound made by a dove or pigeon.

   "the coo of the dove"

houseful

Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsfʊl/ 

NOUN (plural housefuls)

Example sentences

• In the pictures from the burial, his wife Marie looked as distressed and tearful as any woman, left alone to bring up a houseful of children without much material support, might be expected to look.
• And I hope we have a houseful of people.
• And in a houseful of a lot of kids, and there were a lot of grand kids around, he would get on top of a chair to get attention if necessary.