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miner's_canary
miner's canary
See also: miners' canary
English
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Depiction of a miner with a caged canary.
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Noun
miner's canary (plural miner's canaries)
- A caged bird kept caged in mines because its demise provided a warning of dangerous levels of toxic gases.
- (idiomatic) Any thing, especially an organism, whose demise or distress provides an early warning of danger.