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A home shaped exactly like the thing it's meant to prevent.
means A cage, usually of wire or wicker, built to house a bird and keep it from flying off.
from A plain compound: 'bird' (from Old English 'bridd,' which originally meant a young bird before it widened to cover birds generally) plus 'cage,' borrowed via French from Latin 'cavea,' meaning an enclosure or hollow place for confining animals — the same root that gives us 'cave.' The word just describes the object with blunt honesty, no hidden story, which somehow makes the irony of the thing itself land harder.
- irony
- Bars exist so the bird cannot fly, yet wings remain
- victorian use
- Doubled as a women's hooped skirt frame
- best design
- Round cages reduce injury versus corners
- slang meaning
- Means a flimsy, see-through structure or plan