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Your husband is flying around free as a bird, and you have been left with a huge responsibility.—Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025 The fusion of the leather’s layered richness with the bag’s gleaming, gilded hardware (plus an all-new silver feather charm that will remind you to be as free as a bird) is utterly stunning and timeless.—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
“Free as a bird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20as%20a%20bird. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.