Meaning of gallowsbird | Babel Free

Examples

“Now leave my sight, begone, thou gallowsbird.”

“I'm none of your parry-bellygrums, you rascally gallowsbird ; you cowardly, sneaking, plate-lickin' bliggard”

“An old black cloak nailed to the wall, and flapping to and fro in the draught like some dead gallowsbird, hung in front of the unglazed window.”

“A gallowsbird's luck, that's what I had.”

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