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noun
A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, historical
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noun
A prison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Qualifier: Massachusetts; Maryland; Massachusetts; Maryland
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noun
(formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
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Across languages
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