Definitions for gallows bird

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gal′lows bird`^*(n.)

a person who deserves to be hanged.
Category: Informal

^* Informal..

Princeton's WordNet

gallows bird(noun)
a person who deserves to be hanged

Wiktionary

gallows bird(Noun)
A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be hanged.

Origin: Compare virtually identical construction gibier de potence, and similar jailbird.

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