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jailbird definition

jail·bird (-bʉrd′)

noun

  1. a prisoner or former prisoner in a jail
  2. a person often put in jail; habitual lawbreaker

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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