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jail⋅bird

[jeyl-burd]
–noun
a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.

Origin:
1595–1605; jail + bird
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jail·bird   (jāl'bûrd')   
n.   Informal
A prisoner or an ex-convict.
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