jailbird
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7.8
- noun
- /ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜrd/
- Offensive
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exconvicto
- Now you don't wanna be a jailbird all your life, do ya?
- celebrity jailbird
- former jailbird
- old jailbird
They save everything from guys like you to jailbirds to guys that want a spiritual reprieve.
- They save everything from guys like you to jailbirds to guys that want a spiritual reprieve.
- You know, this jail, they like that jailbird, they like that they like that jail Bunny.
Examples
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But Massachusetts had instituted a "furlough" program in 1972, giving jailbirds vacations from the big house.
Blog text (19) -
Do you realise that ex-convicts and jailbirds are the ones that write all the limericks?
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You going home to that old jailbird?
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- Listen, remember that, uh, jailbird friend of mine from Denver?
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Are you and his brothers a lot of old jailbirds, then?
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What else could she become: inmate, prisoner, jailbird?
Fiction book (1993) -
Excuse me, but isn't it customary for the jailbird to get one telephone call?
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The jailbird's back!
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They save everything from guys like you to jailbirds to guys that want a spiritual reprieve.
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After spending years in prison, he was known as a jailbird in his neighborhood.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person kept locked because they broke the law or were captured during a war
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3.5
A person kept in a prison, hospital, or similar place
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9.8
A person who keeps committing crimes after being punished
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7.1
A person who often commits the same kind of crime and is arrested many times
A person serving time in jail or prison
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jailbird mixes jail ('prison') and bird, giving the picture of a bird that lives in a cage, and that image helps you remember it. So a jailbird is a person who is often in prison, especially someone who keeps going back there again and again.