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单词 tolbooths
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tolbooth

noun

tol·​booth ˈtō(l)-ˌbüth How to pronounce tolbooth (audio)
ˈtäl-,
ˈtȯl-
1
Scotland : a town or market hall
2
Scotland : jail, prison

Synonyms

  • bastille
  • big house [slang]
  • 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
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Example Sentences

Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh.

Word History

Etymology

Middle English tolbothe, tollbothe tollbooth, town hall, jail

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

tolbooths

noun

plural of tolbooth, Scottish
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • jails
  • prisons
  • penitentiaries
  • bastilles
  • big houses
  • brigs
  • jailhouses
  • quods
  • bridewells
  • hoosegows
  • pens
  • coolers
  • jugs
  • stockades
  • coops
  • guardrooms
  • cages
  • lockups
  • pokeys
  • calabooses
  • cans
  • hocks
  • nicks
  • clinks
  • tanks
  • stirs
  • bull pens
  • joints
  • slammers
  • slams
  • cells
  • dungeons
  • holds
  • concentration camps
  • prison camps
  • labor camps
  • work camps
  • holes
  • stalags
  • guardhouses
  • wards
  • training schools
  • hulks
  • keeps
  • blocks
  • reform schools
  • glasshouses
  • gulags
  • reformatories
  • oubliettes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outsides
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