British slang for serving prison sentence.
Doing bird
Etymology & History
British serving prison sentence. From Cockney rhyming slang 'bird lime' = time. British incarceration slang. Working-class British criminal. Reflects British rhyming slang prison vocabulary.
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Region
London/Cockney
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Era
Modern
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Language
Mild
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Formality
Slang
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