English Explanatory Dictionary

jail fodder

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person with criminal tendencies who is considered to be expendable, worth nothing more than to occupy a jail.

Word forms

jail fodder jailfodder

Etymology

From jail + fodder, i.e. food to be fed to jails. Probably by analogy with cannon fodder.

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