"gallows-bird" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

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

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1862, Victor Hugo, Les Miserables:",
          "text": "He had been seen to arrive by the way of the boulevard Gassendi and roam about the streets in the gloaming. A gallows-bird with a terrible face.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Stephen Crane, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy:",
          "text": "\"And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird—\" began the Countess.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1926, Stanley Hart Cauffman, The Ghost of Gallows Hill, page 111:",
          "text": "Well, I see no reason why every gallows-bird in the district should wear out the King's gaol before his time; so you can wait until you're ready to hang, and I'll promise you'll have the same cell as the late dear departed.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "1989, John B. Sanford, A Walk in the Fire:",
          "text": "Small wonder, then, that at this juncture my mind should be drawn to you, but be assured, sir, that I hold you to be more than a mere gallows-bird, more than my fellow following four years behind.",
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          "ref": "1926, Stanley Hart Cauffman, The Ghost of Gallows Hill, page 111:",
          "text": "Well, I see no reason why every gallows-bird in the district should wear out the King's gaol before his time; so you can wait until you're ready to hang, and I'll promise you'll have the same cell as the late dear departed.",
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          "ref": "1989, John B. Sanford, A Walk in the Fire:",
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