yard bird

yard bird

n. Slang 1. a. An untrained military recruit.b. A soldier confined to a restricted area or assigned menial tasks as a punishment.2. A convict; a prisoner.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	yard bird - a military recruit who is assigned menial tasksyardbirdmilitary recruit, recruit - a recently enlisted soldier
	2.	yard bird - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prisonconvict, con, yardbird, inmatelifer - a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonmentcaptive, prisoner - a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of wartrusty - a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges