What is Canary In A Coal Mine?


1.

The thankless task of being the first one to take a hit, from the practice of coal miners of bringing down a caged canary to see if there's dangerous gas below

I don't know if this alleyway's safe, and I ain't no canary in a coal mine.

See taking one for the team, lookout, sap


85

Random Words:

1. to have an attack of the jibs. formally known as a spaz attack! 13/14 year olds commanly use this term. "hey man, don't jib o..
1. The coolest message board user on the face of the Earth. He is also the greatest video game player of all time, and the creator of the ..
1. the act by which a kid or a kid-at-heart goes innertubing down a rough stream in the summer time, as explained by Hoagie Gilligan Jr. in..