Meaning jail-bird
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jail-bird


also jailbird, 1610s, based on an image of a caged bird; from jail (n.), which in its Middle English, French, and Latin ancestry also meant "cage" + bird (n.1).
Source: etymonline.com

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jail-bird


One who has been in jail as a prisoner.
Source: bartleby.com




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