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GAOLBIRD

• GAOLBIRD (noun)
The noun GAOLBIRD has 1 sense:

1. a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Familiarity information: GAOLBIRD used as a noun is very rare.

• GAOLBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

convict; gaolbird; jail bird; jailbird; con; yard bird; yardbird; inmate

Hypernyms ("gaolbird" is a kind of...):

captive; prisoner (a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gaolbird"):

lifer (a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment)

trusty (a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges)

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(Danish proverb)

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