gallows bird

名詞

古語

(archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.

日本語の意味

（時代的古語）絞首刑に値する、または絞首刑にされる可能性のある人物

The sheriff dismissed him as a gallows bird, convinced that the evidence made him worthy of the noose.

保安官は、証拠が彼を絞首刑に値すると確信していたため、彼を絞首刑に処されるべき者だと切り捨てた。

意味（1）

(archaic) A person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.

Everybody along Long Wharf knows you called him a gallows bird. He's not used to it.

gallows birds

（ plural ）