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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > place of detention or lock-up (16)
roundhousec1437

A round or circular prison; (in early use) esp. a small, round, local lock-up.

cagea1500

‘A prison for petty malefactors’ (Johnson); a lock-up. Obsolete.

stress house1505

(probably) a place of punishment or detention, such as a dungeon or prison cell.

lock-up1746

A place where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, esp. a cell or cells at a court or police station.

goose-house1841

A village lock-up.

booby hatch1859

slang (originally U.S.). A place of incarceration; a lock-up; a prison. Cf. booby, n.1 5 booby-hutch, n. 4a. Now rare (chiefly historical).

prison camp1865

a camp where prisoners of war or political prisoners are kept under guard.

hold-over1888

U.S. A cell for the retention of prisoners awaiting trial.

booby-hutch1889

slang (originally U.S.). A place of incarceration; a lock-up; a cell. Cf. booby, n.1 5 booby hatch, n. 2a. Now rare.

charge-house1900

(a) a building in which prisoners are detained on a certain charge; (b) a workshop in which explosive is loaded into shells, etc., in an…

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— attached to police-station (1)
— for juveniles (4)
— for drunks (1)
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