man-bird

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man-bird (plural man-birds)

  1. (dated, colloquial) A male aviator.
    • 1910, Poultney Bigelow, James Henry Worman, Ben James Worman, Outing, volume 55, page 753:
      With each succeeding day's exhibit of man's ingenuity and his ability to cleave the atmosphere unscathed, the clamor on the part of non-aviators to share the flights of the man-birds grew louder.

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