jailbird

See also: jail-bird

English

Etymology

jail +‎ bird, circa 1600.[1] Compare gallows bird.

Pronunciation

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Noun

jailbird (plural jailbirds)

A prisoner or an ex-prisoner

Related terms

gallows bird

Translations

prisoner or ex-prisoner

Bulgarian: затворник (bg) m (zatvornik)
Danish: vaneforbryder c, recidivist c, fængselsfugl c
Finnish: vanki (fi) (prisoner), entinen vanki (former prisoner), vankilakundi (colloquial)
French: taulard (fr) m, taularde (fr) f, tôlard (fr) m, tôlarde (fr) f
Georgian: პატიმარი (ṗaṭimari), ტუსაღი (ṭusaɣi)
German: Knacki (de) m, Ex Knacki m, Knastbruder (de) m, Knastschwester (de) f, Knastologe m (humorous), Knastologin f (humorous), Häftling (de) m, Ex-Häftling m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fengselsfugl (no) m

Nynorsk: fengselsfugl m
Polish: kryminalista (pl) m
Russian: заключённый (ru) m (zaključónnyj), заключённая (ru) m (zaključónnaja), ареста́нт (ru) m (arestánt), ареста́нтка (ru) f (arestántka), рецидиви́ст (ru) m (recidivíst) (repeater, old offender), у́рка (ru) m or f (úrka) (criminal slang; opposed to political prisoner)
Spanish: presidiario (es) m, presidiario reincidente m, reincidente (es)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “jailbird”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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