noun
Meaning 1
A prison or jail/gaol.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, US, dialectal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big house, borstal, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, chokey, choky, clink, correctional facility, correctional institution, crowbar hotel, detention centre, dungeon, gaol, glasshouse, graybar hotel, guardhouse, gulag, hock, hole, honor farm, hoosegow, house of detention, iron house, jail, jailhouse, joint, jug, juvenile hall, juvie, lockup, nigger university, nick, pen, penal colony, penitentiary, pokey, porridge, prison, prison camp, prison farm, prison hulk, prison ship, queer ken, remand center, roundhouse, slammer, slam, stalag, stir, stockade, tronk, up the river, workhouse, Alcatraz, Attica, Bastille, Dartmoor, Devil's Island, Folsom, Hanoi Hilton, Leavenworth, Lefortovo, Maze, Pelican Bay, San Quentin, Sing Sing, Tower
Antonyms: none provided