jailbird

Example Sentences

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If it weren’t for the long-ago gift of some 3,000 gorgeous sylvan acres from a cranky jailbird with a civic conscience and a large and very taxable real estate portfolio, we wouldn’t have Griffith Park.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Tony Sirico, a one-time jailbird who achieved fame as mobster Paulie “Walnuts” Gualtieri in “The Sopranos,” died Friday, his brother the Rev. Robert Sirico said on Facebook.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2022

One of the most significant parts of the film for her is the love story between Israel and her partner in crime, a ruined jailbird dandy called Jack Hock, played by Richard E Grant.

From The Guardian • Jan. 14, 2019

Read more: Morrissey hasn’t decided whether he will resign Morrissey urged to resign after conviction A lawmaker by day and a jailbird by night?

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2014

He truly believed that even a jailbird has a constitutional right to go on television.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen