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Significats de gaolbird en anglès

A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.

Sinònims
Examples for "con"
Examples for "con"
1
According to him, English players have long known how to con referees.
The Guardian
2
According to the actress, Wilson used his children to further his con.
Ebony
3
You're spiritual con men, confidence tricksters offering false faith and false hope.
Just another judgement day
4
Mr Lowry is con testing the Tipperary North election as an Independent.
The Irish Times
5
But no way was I falling for this guy's penny-pinching con job.
Sister Mine
1
I am a convict; I have been nineteen years in the galleys.
The Ontario High School Reader
2
It held the court was correct to convict McKevitt for directing terrorism.
The Irish Times
3
The average labor value of the convict is forty-five cents a day.
The Twin Hells / A Thrilling Narrative of Life in the Kansas and...
4
The figure was dressed in the coarse striped suit of a convict.
A Texas Ranger
5
The warden bowed stiffly and directed a guard to produce the convict.
The Ape, the Idiot & Other People
1
She passed away while an inmate at Moccasin Bend earlier this year.
Don't cry
2
It said there needed to be close security scrutiny of each inmate.
Reuters
3
Mr Lotu-Liga said the staff member was not fighting with an inmate.
Radio NZ
4
It was not clear why the inmate would have started the fire.
Reuters
5
She said the inmate had been threatened repeatedly, and requested a transfer.
The Irish Times
1
They would never have me, a branded jailbird, in the Imperial Yeomanry!
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
2
Yet, during his most recent court appearance, Nair sang a different jailbird song.
The South African
3
Parents send their children to pose for family album snapshots alongside the jailbird.
Reuters
4
The stranger halted with his jailbird companion some five or six feet away.
The High School Pitcher; or, Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond
5
Can you imagine ole jailbird gramps telling stories at Christmas dinner?
The cold room
1
The yardbird bravado made him seem inauthentic, potentially dangerous.
A dark matter
2
Charlie Yardbird has been on the go since the summer but he could run into a place.
The Irish Times
3
'Can you make me look like an aging yardbird?' Griff said.
Quantico
4
Stoke didn't even notice the gathering of yardbirds behind him, all come to witness this prison miracle in the making.
Warlord: an alex hawke novel
5
The company added it will close other specialty outlets, including five YardBIRDS stores and a bath remodeling business known as HD Bath.
Reuters
1
You take 'em all in, but this one is a jail bird!
Lo, Michael!
2
Did you ever see a jail bird dressed in a Homburg?
The new yorker
3
Originally published as Ex- jail bird hosts 'Hot for Teacher' night
News.com.au
4
Does he want a jail bird or does he want a hot bird? she sighs.
News.com.au
5
But there's nothing sensible in inviting a jail bird to the house, and having him stay all night.
Two Boys and a Fortune; Or, The Tyler Will
1
Eventually, these pedestaled scales earn their namesake as chickenheads-theneck a spindly stem and the plate a rounded, squawking yard bird.
Climbing Magazine
2
All four cases involved women and are believed to have resulted from exposure to sick or dead back- yard birds.
Reuters
Ús de gaolbird en anglès
1
I hope it hasn't been a problem for you, your father being a gaolbird.
The girl with the dragon tattoo
2
Many were gaolbirds, having chosen the Navy over more gaol time for debt.
Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
3
Anyhow, here we are, two gaolbirds, Bobby, disgraced forever.
Fanny's First Play
4
'Tis a runaway gaolbird by the look of him for whom we have no sort of use here.
The Fool Errant / Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley,...
Col·locacions frequents
Gaolbird a través del temps