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Definition of Jailbird
1. Noun. A criminal who has been jailed repeatedly.
Definition of Jailbird
1. Noun. A prisoner or an ex-prisoner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jailbird
1. a prisoner [n -S] - See also: prisoner
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jailbird
Literary usage of Jailbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Marooned in Moscow: The Story of an American Woman Imprisoned in Russia by Marguerite Elton Baker Harrison (1921)
"... CHAPTER XXVIII WHEREIN A jailbird TURNS JAILER For a moment I was dazed by
the unexpectedness of what had happened. I had thought that I was to be taken ..."
2. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1899)
"What the hell's the idea of letting my daughter run around with that jailbird
brother of yours? HARRY (glaring at JUDY)—He's not my brother and— GRACE ..."
3. Proceedings of the ... Annual Congress of Correction of the American by American Correctional Association (1893)
"Following this lurid portrait of the friendless jailbird, the emperor of France
created a commission of twenty-one citizens, to investigate and report on ..."
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