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单词 gallows-bird
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Definition of gallows-bird in English:

gallows-bird

noun
archaic

  • A person who deserves to be hanged.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I am a good judge of faces, and I can see that you are a true gallows-bird.
    • The gallows-bird was still corporal of our troop.
    • This dastardly fellow, this gallows-bird of a conspirator is your own dear Cornelius, is he?
    • His former secretary was a rascal, but he paid the price - that gallows-bird.
    • And you would be a highwayman, would you, gallows-bird?
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