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jailbird
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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).
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Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut , originally published in 1979; it is regarded as Kurt Vonnegut's " Watergate novel." The plot involves elements that include the U.S. labor movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the dialectical back-and-forth ...
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n. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict , con , inmate , gaolbird ]
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.