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naked as a jaybird
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*naked as a jaybird
Cliché naked; bare. (*Also: as ~.) Two-year-old Matilda escaped from her nurse, who was bathing her, and ran out naked as a jaybird into the dining room. Uncle John sometimes spends a whole day walking around his house as naked as a jaybird.
See also: naked


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I now delight in imagining Fred and Ginger performing "Never Gonna Dance," their brilliant, melancholy dance from Swing Time, naked as jaybirds.
Mary and Jaybird are married and have two children.
The book is well written despite a couple Clan of the Cave Bear-type moments (Mary's saved from freezing to death when her native friend, Jaybird, crawls in bed with her to warm her naked body--drumbeats are heard and by morning they're husband and wife).
 
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