Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth)Dated spelling of jailbird.

More definitions
  • a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly

Origin

From gaol + bird.

From gaol + bird.

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Forms

plural: gaolbirds
Singulargaolbird
Pluralgaolbirds

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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