Thesaurus / jailbird
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There may have been some old jailbird called a King in the time of our grandmothers; but he belongs to history if not to fable.
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWNG. K. CHESTERTONSecond, and a heap more important, because the jailbird had threatened Miss Beulah.
THE SHERIFF'S SONWILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEIt is not mysterious, it is not even odd, that a jailbird should take his gun to Pilgrim's Pond.
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWNG. K. CHESTERTONHe had forgotten all about it in the excitement of being a jailbird, and I went and reminded him.
JILL THE RECKLESSP. G. (PELHAM GRENVILLE) WODEHOUSEThe old man--hes the one we saw with those two suspicious jailbird-looking fellows down the line yesterday.
RALPH, THE TRAIN DISPATCHERALLEN CHAPMANThe former teacher and jailbird wore the same dictatorial look as of yore.
THE ROVER BOYS DOWN EASTARTHUR M. WINFIELDThen, after the jailbird had flown, he said that he would not send word at all.
BETTY LEE, SENIORHARRIET PYNE GROVEPoor devil, hes got all the marks of the jailbird about him.
DROLL STORIES OF ISTHMIAN LIFEEVELYN SAXTONThe fellers say that hes been a jailbird, an they dont want him in the house.
DROLL STORIES OF ISTHMIAN LIFEEVELYN SAXTONNeither had he become a jailbird in seeking to serve his own ends.
RICH MAN, POOR MANMAXIMILIAN FOSTERWORDS RELATED TO JAILBIRD
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