What does the word jailbird mean?
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A convict.
Part of speech: noun
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Usage examples for jailbird
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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. – The Wisdom of Father Brown by G. K. Chesterton
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It was a situation by no means new to the four walls of the Jailbird nor to the men concerned. – Judith of Blue Lake Ranch by Jackson Gregory
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With his strange, loping walk the poacher and jailbird walked off in the wake of the Tank, which was now ploughing merrily forward again. – No Man's Land by H. C. McNeile