| 单词 | congee house |
| 释义 | > as lemmascongee house congee house n. Anglo-Indian (now historical) a place where military prisoners are temporarily detained; a military lock-up. [So called because prisoners were traditionally fed on congee (sense 1).] ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > military provo1705 provost1728 conjee-house1835 detention barrack1906 mush1917 glasshouse1925 stockade1945 1773 Further Rep. Comm. Secrecy State E. India Company 233 Built a main guard and a conjee house for the garrison, and almost completed the same. 1835 Sir C. Napier in J. Mawson Rec. Indian Command Gen. Napier (1851) 101 (note) All men confined for drunkenness, should, if possible, be confined by themselves, in the Congee-House, until sober. 2014 E. Wald Vice in Barracks 152 Carter's numerous absences from barrack or cantonment..earned him time in the Congee House. < as lemmas |
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