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Definition of Gaolbird
1. Noun. A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.
Definition of Gaolbird
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of jailbird) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaolbird
Literary usage of Gaolbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1881)
"You are add brute and no gaolbird,' roared the fat man in a violent passion,
having been beaten on all points. The quarrel threatened to become serious, ..."
2. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1874)
"Starting at the bar, though he was at first taunted as a " gaolbird," he was soon
run after as a distinguished advocate ; and he attained the highest ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"But however quaint this friendly hobnobbing between judge and gaolbird, it must
be remembered that the relations between different classes here have no ..."
4. Buried Alive: Or, Ten Years Penal Servitude in Siberia by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1881)
"You are add brute and no gaolbird,' roared the fat man in a violent passion,
having been beaten on all points. The quarrel threatened to become serious, ..."
5. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1874)
"Starting at the bar, though he was at first taunted as a " gaolbird," he was soon
run after as a distinguished advocate ; and he attained the highest ..."
6. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1888)
"But however quaint this friendly hobnobbing between judge and gaolbird, it must
be remembered that the relations between different classes here have no ..."
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