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Definition of jailbird noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

jailbird

noun

/ˈdʒeɪlbɜːd/

/ˈdʒeɪlbɜːrd/

(old-fashioned, informal)

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a person who has spent a lot of time in prisonTopics Crime and punishmentc2

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