gaolbird
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Noun | 1. | gaolbird - a criminal who has been jailed repeatedly criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime |
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سَجين، مُعتاد على الإجرام والسِّجْن
fangi, tugthúslimur
kriminálnik
jail,
gaol
(dʒeil) noun (a) prison. You ought to be sent to jail for doing that.
verb to put in prison. He was jailed for two years.
ˈjailer, ˈjailor, ˈgaoler noun a person who has charge of a jail or of prisoners. The jailer was knocked unconscious in the riot.
ˈjailbird, ˈgaolbird noun a person who is or has often been in jail.
to put a criminal in jail or gaol (not goal).
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