| 单词 | precinct house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprecinct house precinct house n. North American (a) the headquarters of an election precinct; (b) a police station. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > local government offices > district headquarters in U.S.A. precinct house1863 society > law > law enforcement > police force or the police > [noun] > police office or station > foreign thana1803 Questura1852 kotwalee1854 station house1870 precinct1894 precinct station1902 gendarmerie1945 kotwali1964 precinct house1968 precinct station house1979 1863 F. Moore Rebellion Rec. V. i. 77/2 The Mayor of Philadelphia..called upon all able-bodied men to assemble next morning at the precinct-houses of the election districts. 1899 T. W. Hall Tales 171 He did very well to copy off the entries in a precinct house register or to discover the important arrivals at the hotels. 1968 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 13 Jan. 25/5 Imagine committing a robbery half a block from a precinct house! 1994 D. Spencer Passing Fancy iv. 51 But rarely so monolithically determined as he was this morning at the precinct house. < as lemmas |
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