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a person convicted as a criminal and serving a prison sentence
  • had spent most of his sorry life as a jailbird in hoosegows across the South

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The first known use of jailbird was in 1603

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“Jailbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jailbird. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020.

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