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jailbird
['ʤeɪlbɜːd]
сущ.; разг.
арестант
уголовник; закоренелый преступник
AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)
jailbird
арестант м, заключённый м
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A forlorn, jailbird's face with a nobby forehead running back into a bald scalp, a crooked nose, and battered-looking cheekbones above which his eyes were fierce and watchful.Измученное лицо арестанта с шишковатым лбом, лысый череп, загнутый нос и словно разбитые скулы, дикий, настороженный взгляд.Orwell, George / Nineteen Eighty-FourОруэлл, Джордж / 19841984Оруэлл, Джордж© 1977, Sonia Brownell Orwell© Издательство «Прогресс», 1989© перевод, Голышев В. П.Nineteen Eighty-FourOrwell, George© 1977, Sonia Brownell Orwell© 2003, Thomas Pynchon
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jailbird imprisoned
заключенный
Word forms
jailbird
noun
| Singular | Plural | |
| Common case | jailbird | jailbirds |
| Possessive case | jailbird's | jailbirds' |