'jailbird' definitions:
Definition of 'jailbird'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'jailbird'
From: GCIDE
- jailbird \jail"bird`\, jail bird \jail" bird`\ A prisoner; one is in prison or who has been confined in prison. [Slang] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'jailbird'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- betrayer,
- cageling,
- captive,
- chain gang,
- con,
- convict,
- criminal,
- crook,
- deceiver,
- desperado,
- desperate criminal,
- detenu,
- double-dealer,
- ex-convict,
- felon,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- internee,
- Judas,
- lag,
- lawbreaker,
- lifer,
- loser,
- mobster,
- outlaw,
- parolee,
- political prisoner,
- POW,
- prisoner,
- prisoner of war,
- public enemy,
- quisling,
- racketeer,
- scofflaw,
- stir bird,
- swindler,
- thief,
- thug,
- ticket-of-leave man,
- ticket-of-leaver,
- traitor,
- trusty,
- two-timer