"gallows-bird" meaning in English

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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "gallows bird"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Stephen Crane, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy",
          "text": "\"And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird—\" began the Countess.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of gallows bird"
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  "word": "gallows-bird"
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "gallows bird"
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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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, Stephen Crane, Robert Barr, The O'Ruddy",
          "text": "\"And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird—\" began the Countess.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Alternative form of gallows bird"
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