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jailbird

WordNet
Interesting fact
The name of the character that is behind bars in the Monopoly board game is Jake the Jailbird
  1. (n) jailbird
    a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) jailbird
    One who has been or is confined in jail; a malefactor.
Usage in the news

Steelers' jailbird bumblebee throwbacks causing a stir (PHOTOS). usatoday.com

THE best-selling books here these days are all by jailbirds. nytimes.com

Lionel the Jailbird at Rumba Cafe. columbusalive.com

From Jailbird To Embroidery Artist. cbsnews.com

Criterion releases Jim Jarmusch's jailbird gem on Blu-ray. austinchronicle.com

Arpaio and former jailbird "Randall" share a moment. phoenixnewtimes.com

The druggist, Mr Gower, would be a rummy jailbird and Jimmy Stewart's little brother would have fallen l through the ice and drowned as a boy. blog.mlive.com

Flickr creative commons by jailbird 12. mix941kmxj.com

"Jailbird Won't Fly", " Sales Pitch BOMBED" & "High Caliber Food". radiousa.com

On Aug 26, 1973, with the headline " Sea Gull Becomes Downtown Jailbird," The Dispatch reported that a bird had been weaving in and out of traffic on the East Freeway (I-70) and was picked up and taken downtown to police headquarters. dispatch.com

From jailbirds to dancing skeletons, THV's Tom Brannon, Ashley Blackstone and. todaysthv.com

James Wolcott's engrossing view of Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut ( NYR, November 22) contains a passage that could be misconstrued. nybooks.com

Usage in literature

They would never have me, a branded jailbird, in the Imperial Yeomanry! "Raffles" by E. W. Hornung

He saw Paul in a jailbird's uniform, but while he agonized he didn't believe the tale. "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis

Tell them Billy is a jailbird and that I am a bad woman whom all men desire. "The Valley of the Moon" by Jack London

You ain't dividin' up with the blasted jailbird? "Shavings" by Joseph C. Lincoln

A.," Peter had said, "and you can bet your boots no jailbird will ever roost on it if he thinks twice. "West Wind Drift" by George Barr McCutcheon

I've got to take to a life that fits me, an ex-jailbird, a man that's been in prison for killing! "No Defense, Complete" by Gilbert Parker

A jailbird in the family! "Philip Winwood" by Robert Neilson Stephens

In the meantime Mexico had sent many of her jailbirds to settle in Texas. "For the Liberty of Texas" by Edward Stratemeyer

Got no papers for jailbirds. "Alarm Clock" by Everett B. Cole

Men, you are jailbirds as you say, but you are American seamen. "The Wreck of the Titan" by Morgan Robertson