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Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
do bird
Today it means: to do time (to serve a prison sentence). Full definition →
Today it means: to do time (to serve a prison sentence). Full definition →
Originally Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from bird-lime for "time".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.