Definition of "jail-bird" []

• Alternative spelling of jailbird. (noun)

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• "Send him to jail now, and you make him a jail-bird for life."
• "That he did jail-time, therfore is a jail-bird, therefore is qualified to be Pretzeldent?"
• "Her sister, who's gone high-hat, as they said in those days, has ditched her jail-bird boyfriend for a homely guy with a good heart."