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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Synonym
Words with the same meaning
jail
prison