RAILBIRD

PRONUNCIATION: (RAYL-buhrd)

MEANING: noun:
1. A horse-racing enthusiast.
2. A spectator at a contest.
3. An observer who offers uninvited advice or criticism.

ETYMOLOGY: A railbird is someone who watches horse races or training sessions from the railing along the track. Bird is slang for a person with a specific character, a peculiar person. Earliest documented use: 1793.
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GRAILBIRD - one whose life is devoted to the search for the Holy

RAINBIRD - a totem of the Kwakiutl Indians of the Pacific Northwest, who brings water to the forests

RAILBIN RD - a road named for the storage yard it originally led to