jail ‧ bird BrE AmE ( also gaolbird British English ) /ˈdʒeɪlbɜːd $ -bɜːrd/ noun [countable] old-fashioned informal
someone who has spent a lot of time in prison
jail ‧ bird BrE AmE ( also gaolbird British English ) /ˈdʒeɪlbɜːd $ -bɜːrd/ noun [countable] old-fashioned informal
someone who has spent a lot of time in prison
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012