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A magpie. Image by Aviceda (Wikimedia Commons)

The sound that magpies make.

"And Quardle oodle ardle wardle doodle / The magpies said"

Famous line from a Denis Glover poem, "The Magpies," first published in his 1964 anthology, Enter Without Knocking.

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