Urban Dictionary: popinjay (meaning "parrot)
A Fop, Fop became a pejorative term for a foolish man over-concerned with his appearance and clothes in 17th century England. Some of the very many... http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=popinjay%20(meaning%20%22parrot) ...
popinjay popinjay n 1: a vain and talkative person (chatters like a parrot) 2: archaic. ... Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, ...
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