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Street Slang
doing bird
DOO-ing BURD · phrase · slang
Serving a prison sentence.
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Definitions
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To be serving time in prison.
“He's doing bird up in Manchester.”
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doing bird In A Sentence
He's doing bird up in Manchester.
Origin & Usage
From 'bird', shortened from rhyming slang 'bird lime' = time.
Variants
bird
People Also Ask
What does 'doing bird' mean?
'Doing bird' means serving time in prison.
Where does 'doing bird' come from?
From 'bird', which is shortened from the rhyming slang 'bird lime' = time. So 'doing bird' means doing time.
How do you use 'doing bird'?
You'd say where or how long, as in 'He's doing bird up in Manchester', meaning he's serving a sentence there.
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