gallows bird
Meaning
A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.
Translations
gibier de potence
pendaglio da forca
galgenaas
Galgenvogel
carne de patíbuloEtymology
In summary
From gallows + bird. Compare German construction Galgenvogel (literally “gallows-fowl" or "gallows-bird”), and French gibier de potence, as well as similar English jailbird.
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