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ˈprison-ˈgate
The gate or entrance of a prison. Also attrib., esp. in reference to the rescue and reclamation work for discharged prisoners on leaving the prison.
1590Shakes. Mids. N. i. ii. 36 Shiuering shocks shall break the locks of prison gates. 1794Hel. M. Williams Lett. on France (1795) I. 44 He used through the lonely day to count the hours till the prison-gates were closed. 1900Westm. Gaz. 8 Jan. 5/3 As a leading member of the Army's ‘Prison Gate’ branch, Archie was in his element, and many an old gaol-bird was brought to a better frame of mind..by Archie's judicious ministrations. 1901Ibid. 28 Aug. 8/2 The Salvation Army never turns a deaf ear to any appeal of the kind, and the applicant is now in the prison-gate home. |