Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A prisoner or an ex-convict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has been or is confined in jail; a malefactor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- Slang A prisoner; one is in prison or who has been confined in prison.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
prisoner or an ex-prisoner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
- noun a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
Etymologies
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Examples
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To make the idea of jailbird-as-thespian even worse, I can tell you as someone who lives here that there is no possible way this does not turn into a media circus.
Michael Conniff: Con Games: Aspen Jail Just a Stage for Charlie Sheen 2010
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Chester, now about thirty years old, had been pardoned because of late evidence in his favour, when a five - year term for burglary was but one quarter served, but in his old father's eyes a jailbird was a jailbird, and Chester was still in some mysterious way to blame.
The Story of Julia Page Kathleen Thompson Norris 1923
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Judge Carrie Ann Inaba tells E! that the jailbird is her first choice for the next season.
From Inside the Box 2010
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Judge Carrie Ann Inaba tells E! that the jailbird is her first choice for the next season.
From Inside the Box 2010
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That man this evening, when he called me 'jailbird' -- "
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917
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The boy cocked one eye at him -- he knew that Jurgis was a "jailbird" by his shaven head.
The Jungle 1906
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(How far can he get without a license or credit cards .. or the help of close relations?) opened with testimony from the "jailbird" and his arresting officers
Baltimore Crime 2010
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Not so long as storyliners have to come up with a way to reintroduce Tracey 'jailbird' Barlow.
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Minimum bail for each participant "jailbird" is set at $10 with $1 from every $10 collected being donated to the Simon Youth Foundation.
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"jailbird"; that girl whom Tunis Latham had befriended, had rescued from a situation which she could not think of now without a feeling of creeping horror.
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove A Story of Cape Cod James A. Cooper 1917
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