jailbird
pronunciation
How to pronounce jailbird in British English:
UK [ˈdʒeɪlbɜ:d]
How to pronounce jailbird in American English:
US [ˈdʒeɪlbɜrd]
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- Noun:
- a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
Word Origin
- jailbird (n.)
- 1610s, based on an image of a caged bird; from jail (n.) + bird (n.1).
Example
- 1. Will frances liss divorce her jailbird husband to marry her tennis pro ?
- 2. Will frances liss divorce her jailbird husband to marry her tennis pro .
- 3. Former hippie , former jailbird , former aficionado of crack cocaine , felix dennis built one of the most successful privately owned magazine empires in the world .
- 4. When the boss discovered that the clerk used to be a jailbird he dismissed him at once .
- 5. Jailbird this , study olympic sport and thought the political agree with educationally is discover its thought a political education the foundation of the value well .