English

Alternative forms

• gallows-bird

Noun

gallows bird ‎(plural gallows birds)

1. (archaic) A person who deserves to be, or is likely to be hanged.

Synonyms

• hang-dog
• wag-halter (obsolete)

Related terms

• jailbird

Translations

References

• gallows-bird, Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Fla to Hyps, William Ernest Henley, p. 106
• gallows-bird, Cassell’s dictionary of slang, Jonathon Green, p. 563