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Jailbird

Jailbird meaning

A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

Example sentences (6)

He’s now known for his guitar playing, which wails with jailbird cries.

Ntsuape, a jailbird who is facing other multiple charges from separate offences, is being tried for one count of murder, four counts of attempted murder and one count of arson.

Their first set ended with a couple of tracks from their third CD “Howlin and Prowlin’,” including a couple of my favourites “Jailbird Josephine” and “Sundae Monday Blues,” which ended the set.

There’s a sweet romance blooming between David’s daughter Lau and her new jailbird friend Becky.

There’s something, even in its flaws, so enticing and magnetic about “Racer and the Jailbird,” even after its credits have rolled, that seems to be calling me back once more to experience the newness once more.

When he was given the Order of Merit, George VI was affable but slightly embarrassed at decorating a former jailbird, saying, "You have sometimes behaved in a manner that would not do if generally adopted".