jail fodder

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from *peh₂-
  2. inherited from *fōdr
  3. compounded as jail fodder — “jail + fodder

Definitions

  1. A person with criminal tendencies who is considered to be expendable, worth nothing more…

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

    • Philos grew redly truculent. ‘Look,’ he said, ‘I don’t need the advice of a lump of Jewish jailfodder—’

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