Usually means: Prisoner formerly or frequently incarcerated.
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  1. gaolbird: Collins English Dictionary
  2. gaolbird: Vocabulary.com
  3. gaolbird: Wordnik
  4. gaolbird: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. gaolbird: Wiktionary
  6. gaolbird: Dictionary.com
  7. gaolbird: Rhymezone
  8. gaolbird: FreeDictionary.org
  9. gaolbird: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. gaolbird: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. gaolbird: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. gaolbird: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of jailbird [A prisoner or an ex-prisoner]

Similar:
jailbird, inmate, con, convict, gaol-bird, gallowsbird, gallows-bird, gaolful, gaol fever, gairfowl, more...

Opposite:
jailbird, prisoner, convict

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Similar:
jailbird, inmate, con, convict, gaol-bird, gallowsbird, gallows-bird, gaolful, gaol fever, gairfowl, more...

Opposite:
jailbird, prisoner, convict



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