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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

do bird

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.62 in modern English

Syllables
do bird
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to do time (to serve a prison sentence).

British usage; Dated; Informal

Etymology

Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".

Usage

Inflected Forms

does bird (present, singular) doing bird (participle, present) did bird (past) done bird (participle, past) do one's bird (alternative)

Questions

What does do bird mean?
to do time (to serve a prison sentence).
Where does do bird come from?
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".

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