gallows bird
Equivalents
5 more languages
Examples
“Everybody along Long Wharf knows you called him a gallows bird. He's not used to it.”
“The story of the man who bit off his father's nose for rearing him as a gallows bird is as old as Aesop, but no known source before Brant mentions the son's name⟳.”
“Before me stood not Philippe but a gallows bird no respectable citizen would want⟳ to meet⟳ up with on a lonely road.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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