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Ville4 slang.|vɪl| Also 'Ville, (')ville. [Abbrev.] the Ville, Pentonville Prison in London.
1903‘No. 77’ Mark of Broad Arrow ii. 35 Before the notorious bank forgers had been in ‘The Ville’ a single hour they were located in different wings of the prison, thus rendering personal contact with each other impossible. 1936[see fly-paper s.v. fly n.1 11]. 1962John o' London's 25 Jan. 82/3 Pentonville Prison is the ville. 1962D. Warner Death of Bogey iv. iii. 146 A stretch in the Ville or on the Moor. 1967C. Drummond Death at Furlong Post xii. 152, I don't want to see your great face up against me in the 'ville for twenty years. 1972L. Henderson Cage until Tame vi. 51 Yeah, that's right, he was in the 'Ville. |