Yardbird
nickname Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist
US, 1949
yardbird
noun
1
a chicken US, 1956.
2
a prisoner, a convict US, 1965.
3
a newly arrived military recruit US, 1945.
4
in trucking, a terminal employee who moves trucks around the yard US, 1971.
5
on the railways, an injured employee assigned to limited duty in a railway yard US, 1968