| 单词 | bridewell cell |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbridewell cell C1. General attributive and objective, as bridewell cell, bridewell house, bridewell keeper, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [adjective] carceral1570 bridewell1589 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. B.iijv The stocke-keeper of the Bridewel-house of Canterburie. 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xx. sig. Ev The Bride-wel-man, and the Beadle. 1664 T. Killigrew Parsons Wedding iv. ii, in Comedies & Trag. 128 This is better then..Bridewell Hemp, brown bread and whip-cord. 1766 E. Lloyd Methodist 45 Needy Merit must not dare To hope..thy Alms to share, Commit that to the Bridewell-lash. 1864 Family Treasury Sunday Reading 175/1 To send you out of it, as out of a bridewell cell, to seek your every thing in Jesus. 1919 S. O'Kelly Parnellite ii. 37 (stage direct.) Policemen turn to the bridewell door, there is an unbolting of locks on the other side. 2012 A. Eccles Vagrancy in Law & Pract. under Old Poor Law ii. 44 After the 1740 Vagrant Act came into force Dorset vagrants were passed by the bridewell keeper to the bridewells in neighbouring counties. < as lemmas |
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