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gaol-bird
jail-bird, gaol-bird (ˈdʒeɪlbəd) Forms: see jail n. [With allusion to a caged bird.] A prisoner in jail; esp. one who has been long, or is often, in jail, a habitual criminal; also, as a term of reproach, an incorrigible rogue.α 1618–61 B. Holyday Juvenal 24 Servitia and Ergastala, in Florus, signif...
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Clarissa Dixon
The judge has no more right than the jail-bird to sentence people. The policeman has no more right than the pauper to arrest people.
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yardbird
ˈyardbird U.S. slang. Also yard bird. [f. yard n.1 + bird n. (see sense 1 e), perh. after jail-bird.] a. Mil. A recruit, a newly-enlisted serviceman; also, a serviceman under discipline for a misdemeanour; one assigned to menial tasks. Also transf.1941 Amer. Speech XVI. 169/2 Yard bird, a raw recrui...
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The Bottom of the Bottle
P.M. is all atwitter because his wife Nora (Ruth Roman), whom he married after Donald had gone to prison, doesn't know about his jail-bird brother.
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Alabama Pitts
He was noted by the Los Angeles Times in 1934 as "the most prominent jail-bird athlete in America."
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furciferous
furciferous, a. (fɜːˈsɪfərəs) [f. L. furcifer (f. furca fork n. + -fer bearing) fork-bearer, hence (with reference to the ‘fork’ or yoke placed on the necks of criminals) rascal, jail-bird + -ous.] 1. Ent. Bearing a forked process; said of the larvæ of certain butterflies (Cent. Dict.). 2. Rascally....
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Small Town Story (film)
In due course Bob becomes aware of Pat's true colours, seeks his release from Arsenal and returns to Oldchester, where reformed jail-bird Tony Warren (
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fact
▪ I. fact, n. (fækt) Also 6 fackte, factt, 6–7 facte, 7 fack. [ad. L. fact-um thing done, neut. pa. pple. of facĕre to do. First in 16th c.; the earlier adoption of the OF. form survives with narrowed sense as feat.] 1. A thing done or performed. † a. in neutral sense: An action, deed, course of con...
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prison
▪ I. prison, n. (ˈprɪz(ə)n) Forms: 2–5 prisun (dat. 2–4 -une), 4–5 -une; 3– prison (dat. 3–4 -one), 4–6 prisone; 3–6 -oun (5 -oune), 4–5 -own; 4–6 pryson, -one, -oun, -own (5 -yn); 6 prissoun. β. 4–5 presun (4 pressone), 4–7 preson(e, -oun(e, 5 -own, 6 preassoun. [Early ME. prisun, -on, a. OF. prisu...
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