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[syn: jail bird, jailbird, gaolbird]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
jailbird \jail"bird`\, jail bird \jail" bird`\
A prisoner; one is in prison or who has been confined in
prison. [Slang]
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
jailbird
n 1: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly [syn: jail
bird, jailbird, gaolbird]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
45 Moby Thesaurus words for "jailbird":
Judas, POW, betrayer, cageling, captive, chain gang, con, convict,
criminal, crook, deceiver, desperado, desperate criminal, detenu,
double-dealer, ex-convict, felon, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster,
gaolbird, internee, lag, lawbreaker, lifer, loser, mobster, outlaw,
parolee, political prisoner, prisoner, prisoner of war,
public enemy, quisling, racketeer, scofflaw, stir bird, swindler,
thief, thug, ticket-of-leave man, ticket-of-leaver, traitor,
trusty, two-timer