| 单词 | convict-prison |
| 释义 | > as lemmasconvict-prison b. used for convicts, as convict-barge, convict-colony, convict-dress, convict-hulk, convict-prison, convict-ship, etc. ΚΠ 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1714/2 The Byshop sent hym to the Conuict prison. 1758 J. Blake Plan Marine Syst. 50 The infection which a few hands taken out of a..convict-ship spread amongst the..seamen. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXV. 146/2 On board the different convict-hulks a book is kept by an overseer, in which are entered the names of all convicts. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. I. p. xviii Giving the Mother Country the right to make the Cape a Convict Colony. 1886 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David VII. Ps. cxxxii. 18 It shall be their convict dress to all eternity. 1890 Cent. Mag. XXXVIII. 743/2 He was..incarcerated in the central convict-prison at Kharkoff. < as lemmas |
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