"star prisoner" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: star prisoners [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} star prisoner (plural star prisoners)
  1. (UK, Ireland) A person in prison for the first time. Tags: Ireland, UK
    Sense id: en-star_prisoner-en-noun-ZCl09kQt Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Irish English

Inflected forms

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