calaboose

noun

cal·a·boose ˈka-lə-ˌbüs How to pronounce calaboose (audio)

: jail

especially : a local jail

Example Sentences

fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell

Recent Examples on the Web Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.

Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022 Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.

Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020 Brooks was escorted to the calaboose and thrown into the main holding tank with the other prisoners.

Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016 All Chenneville had to do was ride up on his horse, remove the smoking gun or bloody knife from the killer's hand, and drag him to the calaboose—the local jail, which was just down the hall from the police department.

Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016

单词	calaboose
释义	calaboose noun cal·a·boose ˈka-lə-ˌbüs : jail especially : a local jail Did you know? Calaboose had been part of the English language for almost a century when John S. Farmer included the term in his 1889 book Americanisms—Old & New, defining it as "the common gaol or prison." Farmer also made mention of a verb calaboose, meaning "to imprison," but that term was apparently lost in the years between then and now. Calaboose is Spanish in origin; it's from the Spanish word calabozo, meaning "dungeon." Synonyms bastille big house [slang] bridewell brig 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 fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell Recent Examples on the Web Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse. Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022 Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell. Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020 Brooks was escorted to the calaboose and thrown into the main holding tank with the other prisoners. Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016 All Chenneville had to do was ride up on his horse, remove the smoking gun or bloody knife from the killer's hand, and drag him to the calaboose—the local jail, which was just down the hall from the police department. Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016 Word History Etymology Spanish calabozo dungeon First Known Use 1792, in the meaning defined above calaboose noun as in penitentiary a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance penitentiary jail prison brig hoosegow stockade bridewell slammer jailhouse lockup guardroom bastille coop pokey pen clink cage cooler jug hock tolbooth stir big house quod nick can dungeon joint guardhouse cell tank ward slam reformatory bull pen hold stalag hole oubliette gulag work camp concentration camp block labor camp keep prison camp glasshouse reform school hulk(s) training school Antonyms & Near Antonyms outside
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