Canary can refer to a bird, a singer, an informer, a wine, a dance, or a light yellow color.
Canary refers to a type of bird, a female singer, an informer, a sweet white wine, a dance, and a vivid yellow color.
| Front | canary \kuh-NAR-ee\ |
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| Back | noun 1. A canary bird. 2. A woman singer. An informer; a stool pigeon. 3. A sweet white wine from the Canary Islands, similar to Madeira. 4. A lively 16th-century court dance. 5. A light to moderate or vivid yellow color. [French canari, from Spanish canario, of the Canary Islands, from (Islas) Canarias, Canary (Islands), from Late Latin Canariae (Insulae), (islands) of dogs, from Latin canarius, pertaining to dogs, canine, from canis, dog.] "Other Hollywood illuminati have denounced Mr. Kazan for his supposed treachery; a newspaper columnist describes him as `the most famous canary of the Cold War'." - Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The Waterfront All Over Again, The Wall Street Journal, Mar 19, 1999. |
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