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1793 Faro & Rouge et Noir 68 The punters who win by the next event, having won their half stake back, redeem their stakes out of prison, the others lose the other half.

1867 H. G. Bohn et al. Hand-bk. Games (new ed.) 346 The punters may..have their stake moved into the middle semicircles of the colour they then choose, called ‘la première prison’, the first prison, to be determined by the next event, whether they lose all or are set at liberty.

1940 P. G. Wodehouse Eggs, Beans & Crumpets 32 When Zero turns up..stakes on the even chances aren't scooped up—they are what is called put in prison.

1977 P. Arnold Encycl. Gambling 247/1 Prison, a convention whereby a stake on the even-money chances at roulette is left on the table, or ‘put in prison’ when zero appears, to be either retained by the bettor or lost according to the next spin.

1993 S. Kuriscak Casino Talk 32 In Prison. In European roulette, the holding of all bets placed on even chances until the next spin, because the current roll landed on zero.

a1300 Vision St. Paul (Jesus Oxf.) l. 213 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 153 (MED) Heo beoþ iput in þilke trume Þat ne leuede nouht in godes sone.

1348 in C. Welch Hist. Pewterers of London (1902) I. 3 (MED) Also that non persone ne estraunger wirk ne bere suche maner vessel of peauter in þe Cite to sel ne it put to sale afore the mater be assaid.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 323 Þe kyng of Engelond was..i-putte in ward [?a1475 anonymous translation was kepede; L. custodiendus demandatur] in þe castel of Kelyngworþe.

a1400 (c1250) Floris & Blauncheflur (Egerton) (1966) 25 (MED) To scole þey were put.

?c1450 tr. Bk. Knight of La Tour Landry (1906) 117 (MED) A lady..hadde a doughter ynamed Delbora, which doughter she putte [Fr. mist] vnto scole.

a1475 (?1436) in F. J. Furnivall Polit., Relig., & Love Poems (1903) 13 (MED) I was put to the Soudenys house & was made vssher of halle.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxxxix. 346 He caused the..erle of Auser to be putte in prison.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccliij To put the kinges sonne or his brother in to the possession of Scotlande.

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 7 Putand in the place of godly ministeris..dum doggis.

1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 106 That haue not been by any casualtie, or accident put behinde hand in the world.

1635 R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Eliz. (ed. 3) iii. 374 His goods were put to port sale.

1654 Mercurius Fumigosus No. 9 88 Hee that is the Conqueror, shall that Night have a warm Clowt, lay'd to his Breech by the Lady that was fought for, and so to be put to Bed together.

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 122 Having others put over their heads.

1734 H. Fielding Don Quixote in Eng. ii. xiv. 38 Poor Man! he must be put to Bed. I shall apply some proper Remedies.

1799 J. Beekman Let. 29 Jan. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) III. 1281 Mr. Dunant informed us in his last that he purposed putting your Daughter at Mrs. Graham's after the Restoration of Health to our City.

1850 J. H. Newman Serm. Var. Occasions (1881) xii. 229 He was ever putting himself in the background.

1879 M. J. Guest Lect. Hist. Eng. xxviii. 283 The landlords even strongly objected to their serfs putting their children to school.

1897 Tit-Bits 4 Dec. 172/2 If..some new patent is being put on the market, it is an opportunity that our traveller will not miss.

1919 M. Sinclair Mary Olivier ii. 18 It was the end of her birthday; Mama and Jenny were putting her to bed.

1948 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 30 Oct. [He] reminds her constantly of her past as a chambermaid in Chicago before he put her on the stage.

1969 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 30 Jan. 3/4 Surrounded by neighboring dogs that barked at his every movement and risked getting him put in the clink for fourteen days.

1989 B. Roche Handful of Stars ii. ii, in K. Harwood First Run 242 He's already put two people in hospital.

2006 U.S. News & World Rep. 2 Oct. 16/1 If..the Democrats take back control of the House in the fall elections and put San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi in the speaker's chair, there are going to be a lot more changes.