单词 | probation station |
释义 | > as lemmasprobation station probation station n. Australian now historical an establishment for the accommodation of prisoners labouring on public works as part of their probation. ΚΠ 1842 Tasmanian Jrnl. 1 283 Complete probation station is governed by a superintendent, three assistant-superintendents, a competent number of overseers (all free men) a surgeon, a catechist, and a military detachment. 1861 L. A. Meredith Over Straits 7 At Maria Island, the rocky hills, and other so-called ‘probation-stations’..the prisoners were used in tens and twenties, attached to ploughs, harrows, and light carts. 1999 Waikato Times (Hamilton, N.Z.) (Nexis) 22 Mar. 9 A guided tour of historic buildings at former probation station Colebrook. < as lemmas |
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