单词 | common side |
释义 | > as lemmascommon side common side n. now historical (in some British prisons) the part of a prison housing offenders or ordinary or low social status, as opposed to other parts in which prisoners might pay for more comfortable accommodation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > specific prisons > part of Newgate common side1645 1645 J. Freize Declar. & Appeale. from Prisoners (single sheet) 10. s. 6. d. by them extorted from the Prisoner for every dayes libertie by Writ, and 7. 9. 6. d by rule on the master side, and 3. s. a day of every Prisoner on the Common side. 1725 London Gaz. No. 6385/3 Prisoner in the Common Side of Newgate. 1886 Sunderland Daily Echo 7 Apr. 4/1 By degrees he was gradually deserted, and was then removed to the common side of the prison. 2013 R. Weil Plague of Informers vii. 260 Nolan, suffering in ‘poor and deplorable condition’ on the Common side of Newgate, complained that there was ‘nothing alleged against him but being a Roman Catholic’. < as lemmas |
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