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Habitual prison inmate
Answer for the clue "Habitual prison inmate ", 8 letters:
jailbird
Alternative clues for the word jailbird
Word definitions for jailbird in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict , con , inmate , gaolbird ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, based on an image of a caged bird; from jail (n.) + bird (n.1).
Usage examples of jailbird.
Want your flaky friends giving galas for jailbirds with a tax writeoff helping the blacks without getting their hands dirty same thing Liz, your brother and his greasy Buddhists same God damn thing.
But I'd forgotten that, just like the aristocratic blue bloods of America have forgotten what they learned in history--that most of their ancestors were the riffraff of Europe--thieves, jailbirds, beggars, and outcasts.
They've put some pride into Jamie Farquhar, and maybe into some of those jailbirds out there too.
It was my only chance to save Roger and myself and bring those jailbirds to justice.