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GALLOWS BIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gallows bird mean?
• GALLOWS BIRD (noun)
The noun GALLOWS BIRD has 1 sense:
1. a person who deserves to be hanged
Familiarity information: GALLOWS BIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who deserves to be hanged
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("gallows bird" is a kind of...):
scoundrel; villain (a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately)
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