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2. Chuck-a-luck - Wikipedia

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   Chuck-a-luck is played with three standard six-sided, numbered dice that are kept in a device shaped somewhat like an hourglass which resembles a wire-frame bird cage and pivots about its centre. The dealer rotates the cage end over end, with the dice landing on the bottom. [2]: 335

3. Gibbeting - Wikipedia

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   Similarly, following his execution by hanging in 1738, the corpse of Jewish financier Joseph Süß Oppenheimer was gibbeted in a human-sized bird cage that hung outside of Stuttgart on the so-called Pragsattel (the public execution place at the time) for six years, until the inauguration of Karl Eugen, Duke of Württemberg, who permitted the ...

4. Birdcage - Wikipedia

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   A birdcage (or bird cage) is a cage designed to house birds as pets. Antique (or antique-style) birdcages are often popular as collectors' items or as household decor but most are not suitable for housing live birds, being too small, improper shape, using unsafe materials or construction. [ 1 ]

5. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

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   Bird, Ball & Fish Hook – derogatory term for the Eagle, Globe and Anchor of the Marine Corps Emblem. Binnacle List – sick list: those excused from duty for health reasons; traditionally posted on or near the binnacle. Blanket Party – Group assault: victim's head is covered by a blanket so the perpetrators cannot be identified.

6. Aviary - Wikipedia

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   Home aviary, Néthen, Belgium, non-commercial wooden construction. An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds, although bats may also be considered for display. Unlike birdcages, aviaries allow birds a larger living space where they can fly; hence, aviaries are also sometimes known as flight cages or bird cages in some places in the United Kingdom.

7. Cage - Wikipedia

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   For example, cage dancing "refers to a scantily-clad feminine dancer, perhaps wearing a mini-skirt or hot- pants, and (supposedly) trapped inside of a hanging bird cage". [9] Cage fighting involves two combatants, usually engaging in mixed martial arts , inside a cage-like structure, and "conjures up the image of two combatants trapped in a ...