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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prisoner > [noun] > one who has been long or often in jail (9)
Newgate bird1580

a jailbird.

bridewell bird1590

a prisoner; a habitual offender; = jail-bird, n.

jail-bird1603

A prisoner in jail; esp. one who has been long, or is often, in jail, a habitual criminal; also, as a term of reproach, an incorrigible rogue.

prison-birda1640

a habitual criminal or a long-term prisoner; cf. jail-bird, n.

old hand1826

Australian and New Zealand colloquial. A former convict; (also) a convict with long experience of life in a penal colony. Now historical.

repeater1873

Chiefly U.S. A person who is frequently committed to prison. Also: a person who repeats an offence; a recidivist. Cf. repeat offender at repeat, n.

old lag1910

A hardened or habitual prisoner; a recidivist. In extended use: = old hand, n. 1.

loser1912

U.S. slang. A convicted criminal, a person who has served a sentence in prison. So two-time (or three-time,etc.) loser, a person who has been in…

in-and-out boy1937

attributive (quasi-adj.) in various senses; spec. in-and-out bolts (see quot. 1850); in-and-out boy, in and out man, someone in and out of prison…

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