| 词汇 | the canary that couldn’t fly |
| 词源 | the canary that couldn’t fly. The nickname gangsters gave to Kid Twist Reles, who informed on Murder, Inc., in the 1930s and was consequently pushed to his death from the window of a Coney Island hotel while he was being guarded by lawmen. See canary; murder, inc. |
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