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Does anyone know the origin of the phrase "flip someone the bird"?

Asked by JilltheTooth (19792points) August 11th, 2010

I know what the gesture is, I know what it means, I’ve done it myself a time or two, I just want to know why it’s called that. Why a “bird”?

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