单词	big houses
释义	big house noun often capitalized B&H slang : penitentiary Synonyms bastille bridewell brig calaboose can clink [slang] cooler coop guardroom hock hold hoosegow jail jailhouse joint [slang] jug lockup nick [British slang] pen penitentiary pokey [slang] prison quod [British slang] slam slammer stir [slang] stockade tolbooth [Scottish] See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house Recent Examples on the Web There was a big house not far from Frankie and Johnny’s store — with beads in the doorways, bright windows, and red and yellow lights, which always smelled like the jasmine incense Little made — and then another, more modest spot in East Cleveland. Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2022 Prosecutors earlier called to the witness stand a man who in 2001 purchased a big house in Lakeview: a converted church with a swimming pool and basketball court and a barbershop. Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Betsy chose to live in the big house across the channel on little Benner. Murray Whyte, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2022 But adding a full-on Blood vs. Water element into the Big Brother universe could certainly spice things up, and perhaps be a good way to prevent the unbreakable big house alliances that have formed in reason seasons. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022 Altogether, our family was in that big house on the shore for a hundred summers. Michael Johnston, The New Yorker, 14 July 2022 And its truth lives in a high-rise condo in Toronto, home to a couple who left their old life—and big house—in Montreal to be closer to their adult children. Sally Finder Weepie, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 July 2022 My father and his kids are living in her big house – gratefully so. cleveland, 8 July 2022 My father and his kids are living in her big house – gratefully so. Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 8 July 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1913, in the meaning defined above big houses noun plural of big house, slang as in jails a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance jails penitentiaries prisons bastilles bridewells jailhouses brigs quods tolbooths pens guardrooms hoosegows calabooses coolers stockades bull pens coops jugs lockups hocks pokeys tanks cages cans prison camps slammers clinks stirs labor camps nicks joints slams concentration camps cells holds dungeons work camps training schools reform schools wards guardhouses holes stalags keeps hulks blocks glasshouses gulags reformatories oubliettes Antonyms & Near Antonyms outsides
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