Possible Clues:

• Awarder of a thimble to Alice, in 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
• Proverbially dead bird
• Flightless bird, extinct since the 17th century
• Death to the world from one party to the next
• 'Alice in Wonderland' character
• Fuddy-duddy
• Square dances?
• ___ bird
• Couple of parties and I'm gone for good
• Pigeon relative