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Noun: yardbird  'yaard,burd
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. A military recruit who is assigned menial tasks
    - yard bird [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. A person serving a sentence in a jail or prison
    - convict, con [informal], inmate, yard bird [N. Amer, informal]

Derived forms: yardbirds

Type of: captive, military recruit, prisoner, recruit

Encyclopedia: Yardbird

Nearest

yard donkey
yard goods
yard grass
yard line
yard marker
yard measure
yard sale
yardage
yardarm
yardbird
Yardbird Parker
yarder
yardgrass
yardie
yard-long bean
yardman
yardmaster
yardstick
yare
yarmelke