Calaboose

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  • noun. A jail.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A prison; especially, a common jail or lockup.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A prison; a jail.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A prison or gaol/jail.
  • Word Usage
    "The calaboose is a miserable dark room of two apartments, one with a small loop-hole in the wall, the other a dungeon without light or ventilation."
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    jail  prison