Definitions for jailbird

jailbird jail·bird

Spelling: [jeyl-burd]
IPA: /ˈdʒeɪlˌbɜrd/

Jailbird is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 175 anagrams from letters in jailbird (abdiijlr).

Definitions for jailbird

noun

  1. a person who is or has been confined in jail; convict or ex-convict.

Origin of jailbird

First recorded in 1595-1605; jail + bird

Examples for jailbird

He saw Paul in a jailbird's uniform, but while he agonized he didn't believe the tale.

In front of the jailbird the only light came from within and made scant war on the lurking darkness without.

Neither had he become a jailbird in seeking to serve his own ends.

I guess ye'll not be findin' anybody that will be wantin' a jailbird.

Poor devil, hes got all the marks of the jailbird about him.

Then, after the jailbird had flown, he said that he would not send word at all.

It was a situation by no means new to the four walls of the jailbird nor to the men concerned.

"If he's a jailbird I'll hate to see him in these parts," went on the farmer soberly.

The fellers say that hes been a jailbird, an they dont want him in the house.

The boy cocked one eye at him—he knew that Jurgis was a "jailbird" by his shaven head.

Word Value for jailbird
Scrable

18

Words with friends

22

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