Usually means: Criminal destined for execution, historically.
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  1. gallows bird: Merriam-Webster
  2. gallows bird: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. gallows bird: Collins English Dictionary
  4. gallows bird: Vocabulary.com
  5. gallows-bird, gallows bird: Wordnik
  6. gallows-bird, gallows bird: Wiktionary
  7. gallows bird: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. gallows bird: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Gallows bird, gallows bird: Dictionary.com
  10. The Gallows Bird: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. gallows bird: Rhymezone
  12. gallows bird: FreeDictionary.org
  13. gallows bird: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. gallows bird: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. gallows bird: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gallows bird)

▸ noun:  (archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.

Similar:
gallows-bird, gallowsbird, gallows, crack-rope, scapegallows, gallowsness, slip-halter, crackrope, halter-sack, wag-halter, more...

Opposite:
free bird

Adjectives:
hempie, shank, hip, scotch, hocked, footsore, rost, scud, claudicant, choky, halt

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Similar:
gallows-bird, gallowsbird, gallows, crack-rope, scapegallows, gallowsness, slip-halter, crackrope, halter-sack, wag-halter, more...

Opposite:
free bird

Adjectives:
hempie, shank, hip, scotch, hocked, footsore, rost, scud, claudicant, choky, halt



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