Synonyms of gallows bird

nounA person who deserves, or is likely, to be hanged.

• hangdogA base, degraded person.
• wag-halterSomeone who is likely to swing in a halter; someone likely to be hanged.
• crack-hemp obsoleteA person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.
• crack-rope obsoleteA person who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged; a gallows bird.
• gallows colloquial, obsolete
• hang dog obsoleteA rascal, one fit to be executed by hanging.
• hempie British, dialectal
• scapegallows obsoleteA criminal who has narrowly escaped from being hanged.
• slip-halter obsoleteSomeone who deserves to be, or is likely to be, hanged.