Usually means: Person repeatedly incarcerated for crimes.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. jailbird: Merriam-Webster
  2. jailbird: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jailbird: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jailbird: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jailbird: Vocabulary.com
  6. Jailbird, jailbird: Wordnik
  7. jailbird: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. jailbird: Wiktionary
  9. jailbird: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. jailbird: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. jailbird: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. jailbird: Dictionary.com
  13. Jailbird (novel), Jailbird, The Jailbird: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. jailbird: Rhymezone
  15. jailbird: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. jailbird: FreeDictionary.org
  17. jailbird: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. jailbird: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. jailbird: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Jailbird: Urban Dictionary

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▸ noun:  A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

Similar:
gaolbird, inmate, con, convict, jail bird, jail-bird, yardbird, canary bird, bird, jailhouse lawyer, more...

Opposite:
free person, non-convict, law-abiding citizen

Types:
violent criminal, drug dealer, drug addict, drug user, murderer, more...

Phrases:
Racer and the Jailbird, more...

Adjectives:
old, former, little, fellow, regular, real, forlorn, young, branded, adjusted, fine

Colors:
    black,     white,     gray,     orange,     khaki, more...

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Similar:
gaolbird, inmate, con, convict, jail bird, jail-bird, yardbird, canary bird, bird, jailhouse lawyer, more...

Opposite:
free person, non-convict, law-abiding citizen

Types:
violent criminal, drug dealer, drug addict, drug user, murderer, more...

Phrases:
Racer and the Jailbird, more...

Adjectives:
old, former, little, fellow, regular, real, forlorn, young, branded, adjusted, fine

Colors:
    black,     white,     gray,     orange,     khaki, more...



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