Big House Synonyms

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Synonyms for Big House

can
(Slang) To end the employment of; fire.
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coop
(UK, informal) Any of very many shops belonging to the Co-operative Group and its predecessors
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city hotel
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big cage
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big-school
(UK, puerile) secondary school.
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brig
(Scotland) bridge
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jug
A sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note
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pokey
(Slang) A jail
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slammer
A person or thing that slams
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stir
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
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calaboose
A jail.
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correctional-institution
(US) A prison.
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detention facility
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house of correction
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
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icebox
(US slang) A prison. [from 20th c.]
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jail
Detention in a jail.
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joint
Involving both houses of a legislature:
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penal institution
Any jail or other place of confinement including work camps, jails, reformatories, penitentiaries, and correctional institutions.
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penitentiary
Resulting in or punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary:
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prison
A state of imprisonment or captivity:
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tank
The fuel reservoir of a vehicle.
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the river
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keep
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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lockup
(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
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pen
The definition of a pen is a small yard or animal enclosure, or an tool used to draw or write with ink.
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clink
A prison or a prison cell; a jail:
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cooler
(US, countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
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big house
A penitentiary.
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hoosegow
(Old, Slang) A jail or guardhouse
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