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noun
A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, capitalized, dated, sometimes
Qualifier: rare elsewhere
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a "house of correction".
