The working convict is a rare exception, sometimes envied because his time is occupied, sometimes derided for his deviance from the yardbird norm.
As the Marines expanded to war strength, Lou Diamond was the ideal liaison between crusty old-timers and impressionable recruits. He taught quick action by threats of yardbird detail.
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yardbird — (n.) convict, 1956, from YARD (Cf. yard) (n.1) + BIRD (Cf. bird) (n.1), from the notion of prison yards; earlier it meant basic trainee (World War II armed forces slang) … Etymology dictionary
yardbird — ☆ yardbird [yärd′bʉrd΄ ] n. Slang 1. a military recruit; rookie, esp. one frequently assigned to cleanup or other menial duties 2. a prisoner; convict … English World dictionary
yardbird — UK [ˈjɑː(r)dˌbɜː(r)d] / US [ˈjɑrdˌbɜrd] noun [countable] Word forms yardbird : singular yardbird plural yardbirds American informal someone who is in prison … English dictionary
yardbird — 1. n. a convict. □ Who’s the yard bird with the headphones on his noodle? □ So, Charlie was a yardbird. So what? 2. n. an inept soldier. (Military.) □ You yard birds are going to learn discipline one way or another … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Yardbird Suite — es un tema de jazz, dentro del estilo bebop, compuesto por Charlie Parker en 1946.[1] [2] [3] Sigue la forma típica de jazz, AABA. Lawrence O. Koch utilizó su título para la biografía de Parker … Wikipedia Español
Yardbird Suite — is a bebop standard composed by Charlie Parker. [cite news |first=Lawrence |last=van Gelder |title= FOOTLIGHTS |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F07E3DB1430F930A25753C1A96F958260 |work=New York Times |date=1999 10 13… … Wikipedia
yardbird — noun Etymology: 1yard Date: circa 1941 1. a soldier assigned to a menial task or restricted to a limited area as a disciplinary measure 2. an untrained or inept enlisted man … New Collegiate Dictionary
yardbird — /yahrd berrd /, n. Slang. 1. a convict or prisoner. 2. an army recruit. 3. a soldier confined to camp and assigned to cleaning the grounds or other menial tasks as punishment for violation of the rules. [1940 45, Amer.; YARD2 + BIRD, by analogy… … Universalium
yardbird — yard|bird [ˈja:dbə:d US ˈja:rdbə:rd] n AmE informal old fashioned someone who is in prison, especially for a long time … Dictionary of contemporary English
yardbird — yard|bird [ jard,bɜrd ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL 1. ) a PRISONER 2. ) a soldier who is not allowed to leave a particular area or who has to do boring work as a punishment … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
