jail-birdgaol-birdn.

Brit.

/ˈdʒeɪlbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈdʒeɪlˌbərd/

Forms: see jail n.

Etymology: With allusion to a caged bird.

A prisoner in jail; esp. one who has been long, or is often, in jail, a habitual criminal; also, as a term of reproach, an incorrigible rogue.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach

gluttonc1300

jau dewin1340

Pilatec1390

rascal?a1400

swartc1425

hoberdc1450

dogshead1539

ladronea1557

clapperdudgeon1567

soused gurnet1598

jail-bird1603

cocoloch1610

swappes1626

incubee1631

stitchel1659

potwalloper1820

Little Willie1901

society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail

Newgate bird1580

bridewell bird1590

jail-bird1603

prison-birda1640

old hand1826

repeater1873

old lag1910

loser1912

in-and-out boy1937

society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > incorrigible rogue

jail-bird1603

α.

1618–61 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 24 Servitia and Ergastala, in Florus, signify Slaves and Gaol-Birds.

1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. vi. 158 Thou Gaol-bird of a Knight,..thou everlasting scandal to thy Native-Countrey.

1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 69 In Print my Panegyricks fill the Street, And hir'd Gaol-birds their Huzza's repeat.

1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah xx. 226 We had now become old gaol-birds.

β. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos sig. Nn1 It made thee subiect to a Iailes controule. But, such a Iaile-bird heauenly Nightingale.1685 Mischief of Cabals 21 The bare oaths of a pack of Jayl-birds.1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxii. 294 She bestowed upon him the epithets of spendthrift, jailbird, and unnatural ruffian.1883 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 172 The one thing most dreaded by the old jail-bird is work requiring bodily exertion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	jail-bird
释义	jail-birdgaol-birdn. Brit. /ˈdʒeɪlbəːd/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪlˌbərd/ Forms: see jail n. Etymology: With allusion to a caged bird. A prisoner in jail; esp. one who has been long, or is often, in jail, a habitual criminal; also, as a term of reproach, an incorrigible rogue. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in reproach gluttonc1300 jau dewin1340 Pilatec1390 rascal?a1400 swartc1425 hoberdc1450 dogshead1539 ladronea1557 clapperdudgeon1567 soused gurnet1598 jail-bird1603 cocoloch1610 swappes1626 incubee1631 stitchel1659 potwalloper1820 Little Willie1901 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail Newgate bird1580 bridewell bird1590 jail-bird1603 prison-birda1640 old hand1826 repeater1873 old lag1910 loser1912 in-and-out boy1937 society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > roguery, knavery, or rascalry > [noun] > rogue, knave, or rascal > incorrigible rogue jail-bird1603 α. 1618–61 B. Holyday tr. Juvenal Sat. 24 Servitia and Ergastala, in Florus, signify Slaves and Gaol-Birds. 1692 J. Washington tr. J. Milton Def. People Eng. vi. 158 Thou Gaol-bird of a Knight,..thou everlasting scandal to thy Native-Countrey. 1701 D. Defoe True-born Englishman ii. 69 In Print my Panegyricks fill the Street, And hir'd Gaol-birds their Huzza's repeat. 1860 H. Gouger Two Years' Imprisonm. Burmah xx. 226 We had now become old gaol-birds. β. 1603 J. Davies Microcosmos sig. Nn1 It made thee subiect to a Iailes controule. But, such a Iaile-bird heauenly Nightingale.1685 Mischief of Cabals 21 The bare oaths of a pack of Jayl-birds.1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cxii. 294 She bestowed upon him the epithets of spendthrift, jailbird, and unnatural ruffian.1883 Contemp. Rev. Aug. 172 The one thing most dreaded by the old jail-bird is work requiring bodily exertion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1603
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