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yard bird
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun yard bird has 2 senses
- yard bird(n = noun.person) yardbird - a military recruit who is assigned menial tasks; Array is a kind of military recruit, recruit
- yard bird(n = noun.person) con, convict, inmate, yardbird - a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison; Array has particulars: lifer, trusty
is a kind of captive, prisoner
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