1. A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
   "The yardbird spent his days cleaning the barracks";
   - yard bird [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
   "The yardbird spent his days working in the prison laundry";
   - convict, con [informal], inmate, yard bird [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: yardbirds

Type of: captive, military recruit, prisoner, recruit

Encyclopedia: Yardbird