Strictly Speaking | Magpie, hamster, squirrel

By: Adam Smith in Strictly speaking, Top Stories, Workforce July 9, 2020 0

In a recent article on words that the COVID-19 crisis is adding to English (and other languages), columnist David Astle mentions magpie as a verb, meaning to swoop on supermarket shelves and clear them (Sydney Morning Herald, 3.4.20).

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