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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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      Jailbird through the time