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- noun Plural form of
jailbird .
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Examples
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The crew of jailbirds is given a choice: two years on the Crypt and a clean slate at the end of it, or death by venting into space.
The Crypt, by Scott Sigler « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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Sadly, the total amount accrued by the jailbirds is unknown.
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They were firm in demanding that no "jailbirds" be sent them.
Patrician and Plebeian Or The Origin and Development of the Social Classes of the Old Dominion Thomas Jefferson Wertenbaker 1922
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References to the feathered creatures have also permeated into the language of everyday prison life - "jailbirds" used as a term for inmates and "doing bird" as slang for time spent inside.
BBC News - Home 2011
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They are part of a movement that was crested only over the past 10 years, before which ex-cons were typically dismissed by most philanthropists and municipal-government types as "jailbirds," undeserving of special attention.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Among other actions that worried investigators in a document titled "Reds at Cornell University," a string of communist "jailbirds" visited Cornell in the early '40s.
Stories from The Sun Brendan Doyle 2010
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“I come asking after a norn legend and get sent to jailbirds.”
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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She starts running through a list of possibly libellous, possibly entirely true stories about the men in question – a glittering roster of fat jailbirds and motorcycling drug dealers.
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I remember that, little jailbirds peeking through the bars.
Happy Landings David Ackley 2011
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“I come asking after a norn legend and get sent to jailbirds.”
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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