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bird-nesting
noun 2
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1VERB + BIRD-NESTING
fishing, go, let's
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1
The, formerly common, hobby of looking for birds' nests, often with the intention of collecting the eggs.
Let's go bird-nesting.
They [the boys] all had catapults […]. In summer they used to go fishing and bird-nesting.
2
A custody arrangement in which the child of divorced parents remains in one home while the parents take turns to move in and out.
An unusual, but not unheard of, setup called bird nesting is when children stay in the house and the parents take turns moving in and out.
He should feel lucky I agreed to test out this bird-nesting custody arrangement this month. It was a huge inconvenience for me to have the kids staying full time in the house while Mark and I traded time living there.
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Let's go bird-nesting.
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They [the boys] all had catapults […]. In summer they used to go fishing and bird-nesting.
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An unusual, but not unheard of, setup called bird nesting is when children stay in the house and the parents take turns moving in and out.
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