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View synonyms for jailbird
jailbird
[ jeyl-burd ]
jailbird
/ ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜːd /
noun
- a person who is or has been confined to jail, esp repeatedly; convict
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Joran van der Sloot is the latest jailbird to get romantic attention from women.
From The Daily Beast
There may have been some old jailbird called a King in the time of our grandmothers; but he belongs to history if not to fable.
From Project Gutenberg
Second, and a heap more important, because the jailbird had threatened Miss Beulah.
From Project Gutenberg
It is not mysterious, it is not even odd, that a jailbird should take his gun to Pilgrim's Pond.
From Project Gutenberg
He had forgotten all about it in the excitement of being a jailbird, and I went and reminded him.
From Project Gutenberg
The old man--hes the one we saw with those two suspicious jailbird-looking fellows down the line yesterday.
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