oof-bird
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
UK late 19th century–1910s.
=== Noun ===
oof-bird (plural oof-birds)
(dated, idiomatic, British slang) Any source or supplier of money.
==== 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.