yardbirds

Hens, informally speaking

Yardbirds is military slang for new recruits or soldiers assigned to menial duties around the base—the ones doing yard work and cleanup.

The term extends to prison inmates, especially those on outdoor labor details.

The yardbirds spent the afternoon raking leaves outside the barracks.

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Clapton

British guitar virtuoso

McCarty · psychedelic · rave-ups · blues-rock · sixties · riffs · feedback · improvisation

prisoners

inmates

Incarcerated individuals

chain gang · penitentiary · cellblock · warden · correctional · lockup · detainees · felons · slang · military

poultry

chickens

Domestic fowl for eggs

flock · free-range · layers · broilers · pecking · scratching · fowl · domesticated · pullets

Opposites
confinement/ranging method

yardbirdsgame birds

Fowl legally hunted

wild turkeys

freedom status

yardbirdsfree men

Emancipated former slaves

parolees · ex-cons · civilians · exonerees

Phrases
Family

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Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G