"gallowsbird" meaning in All languages combined

See gallowsbird on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: gallowsbirds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gallowsbird (plural gallowsbirds)
  1. Alternative form of gallows bird Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: gallows bird
    Sense id: en-gallowsbird-en-noun-aKL-6Yxw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1710, The Sale of Joseph",
          "text": "Now leave my sight, begone, thou gallowsbird.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "1881, Daniel O'Connell, “His Encounter With Biddy Moriarty”, in James Edward McGee, editor, The Glories of Ireland- Volume IV, page 205",
          "text": "I'm none of your parry-bellygrums, you rascally gallowsbird ; you cowardly, sneaking, plate-lickin' bliggard",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1893, Stanley John Weyman, A Gentleman of France",
          "text": "An old black cloak nailed to the wall, and flapping to and fro in the draught like some dead gallowsbird, hung in front of the unglazed window.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1953, Elsa Triolet, The Inspector of Ruins, page 12",
          "text": "A gallowsbird's luck, that's what I had.",
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          "ref": "1893, Stanley John Weyman, A Gentleman of France",
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          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "1953, Elsa Triolet, The Inspector of Ruins, page 12",
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