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Jail bird   /dʒeɪl bərd/   Listen
Jail bird

noun
1.
A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.  Synonyms: gaolbird, jailbird.






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"Jail bird" Quotes from Famous Books



... managed to convey to the prisoner. "I gave another name to the jailer or whatever he is. Is it jail bird? It wouldn't look right for the prosecuting witness to come down here to see you. They ...
— Yollop • George Barr McCutcheon

... money wherewith to pay his debt to Sudden, he would be sweltering indefinitely in jail. And when they did finally turn him loose, Mary V would be ashamed of her jailbird sweetheart, and ...
— The Thunder Bird • B. M. Bower



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