yardbird

英 ['jɑːdbɜːd] 美
  • n. 新兵；囚犯
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英文词源

yardbird (n.)
"convict," 1956, from yard (n.1) + bird (n.1), from the notion of prison yards; earlier it meant "basic trainee" (World War II armed forces slang).