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ex-convict
[ex-1.]
A former convict. Also attrib. and in shortened slang form ex-con.
1867Cassell's Mag. II. 471/2 The clutches of some vulgar ex-convict mistress. 1887Chambers's Jrnl. 1 Oct. 637/2 An appointment is made with the ex-convict. 1907J. London Road (1914) 146 An ‘ex-con’ who had done five years in Sing Sing. 1955Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xxiv. 34 Better than fifty per cent of Pinkertons are ex-cons. Ibid., This estimated percentage of ex-convicts hired by Pinkerton is much too high. 1965Austral. Encycl. III. 38/1 An ex-convict wanting to return had either to work his passage or pay his fare from his savings. |