oof-bird

== English == === Etymology === UK late 19th century–1910s. === Noun === oof-bird (plural oof-birds) (dated, idiomatic, British slang) Any source or supplier of money. 1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch V.C. (archive.org ebook), page 232: “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)“Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is. ==== Synonyms ==== golden goose, oof-bag ==== Hyponyms ==== feathered oof-bird (“large source”) === References === John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1902), “oof-bird”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume V, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 107.