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Meanings of jailbird in English

A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.

Usage of jailbird in English
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
6
I shouldn't be at all surprised if he were a jailbird.
Struggling Upward, or Luke Larkin's Luck
7
But he also sensed she didn't exactly feel the love for her jailbird brother-in-law.
Gutshot straight
8
After that, who would believe the word of a jailbird?
Haunted: a novel of stories
9
He might have been a jailbird gaping through iron bars.
We Can't Have Everything: A Novel
10
Our claim is established by law, and he is nothing but an escaped jailbird.
The Rover Boys on the Great Lakes; Or, The Secret of the Island ...
11
He felt kind of embarrassed, dressed like a jailbird, filthy from the day's work.
Table for five
12
Charlie Manson-lookalike, ecowarrior and jailbird Marcus is back, and he's coming to get ex-lover Eleanor.
The Irish Times
13
Before a robed magistrate, Douglas and Tony stood in the dock, wearing grimy jailbird dungarees.
Acts of faith
14
How our jailbird sergeant got to be a hero?
Aspho Fields
15
Your little jailbird boyfriend has done this to you.
From dawn to deceit
16
That man this evening, when he called me 'jailbird'-
Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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