Green’s Dictionary of Slang

bronzewing n.

[the colour of the bronzewing pigeon]

1. a member of the lower classes.

[UK]Partridge DSUE (8th edn).

2. a half-caste Native Australian.

[Aus]T. Ronan Moleskin Midas 161: If there is a few bronzewings being born about my place, there’s nearly as much chance of your being their daddy as me.