Definition of Gallows bird

1. Noun. A person who deserves to be hanged.

Generic synonyms: Scoundrel, Villain

Definition of Gallows bird

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallows Bird

gallops
gallopt
gallotannic
gallotannic acid
gallous
gallow
gallow tree
galloway
galloways
gallowed
gallowing
gallows
gallows-tree
gallows bird
gallows birds
gallows humor
gallows humour
gallows tree
gallowses
galls
gallsickness
gallstone
gallstone colic
gallstone ileus
gallstones
gallumph
gallumphs
galluptious

Literary usage of Gallows bird

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Gibier de potence, a gallows bird. ' Gibraltar. (Pillars of Herakles.) Giffard injector. A contrivance for introducing water into a boiler without pumping. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
""It Is ill to check sleep or sweat in a sick man," said he ; "I know that far, though I ne'er minced [dissected] ape nor gallows-bird. ..."

3. The Fair Maid of Perth, Or, Saint Valentine's Day: Or Saint Valentine's Day by Walter Scott (1878)
"... exclaimed, "Had this been iu another place, young gallows- bird, I had stowed the lugs out of thy head, as I have done to some of thy clan before thee. ..."

4. A German and English Dictionary by Karl. Breul (1906)
"... gallows-bird, ... m. gallows-bird, criminal ; raven. «OllO'll, n. (—&, pi. —Sand—e) figure-head (of a shin). ..."

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