jailbird
Example Sentences
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The pangram from yesterday’s Spelling Bee was jailbird.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2023
This subtle, amiable jailbird on temporary leave to the funny farm is saner than the men around him but he’s not necessarily brighter.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023
Tony Sirico, a one-time jailbird who achieved fame as mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri in “The Sopranos,” died Friday, his brother the Rev. Robert Sirico said on Facebook.
From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2022
As he explains in his memoir, Ronnie was “a conman, fantasist, occasional jailbird, and my father. . . . Ronnie’s life was spent walking on the thinnest, slipperiest ice you can imagine.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2020
He truly believed that even a jailbird has a constitutional right to go on television.
From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen
