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How to pronounce jailbird in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms gaolbird, jail bird
Type of criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw

Examples of jailbird

jailbird
Zinos's brother Illias, a jailbird out on parole, is played by Moritz Bleibtreu.
From the online.wsj.com
In the Cell Block Tango, Roxie's jailbird peers sing of the men they've bumped off.
From the time.com
That jailbird may have broken the law, but he's still a person, after all.
From the nytimes.com
Eric is following in the dishonest footsteps of his jailbird father, I see.
From the scienceblogs.com
Then he hires the private detective's ex-jailbird son to spy on his wife.
From the guardian.co.uk
Repeatedly reinstated his best mate and repeat jailbird Peter Mandelson.
From the theargus.co.uk
The hack du jour is jailbird ex-state Rep. Chris Asselin of Springfield.
From the bostonherald.com
Though muscular, he looks too small to be his songs'tough jailbird.
From the independent.co.uk
He is a previous offender a jailbird who should disappear in thin air or hide into a sewer.
From the economist.com
More examples
  • Jail bird: a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly
  • Jailbird is a novel by Kurt Vonnegut, originally published in 1979. Its plot concerns a man recently released from a low security prison after having served time for a minor role in the Watergate scandal. The novel uses a standard memoir format, revealing Walter F. ...