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Definition of drunk tank in English: drunk tanknoun North American informal A large prison cell for the detention of drunks. he woke up in the drunk tank Example sentencesExamples - A bored police officer decides to have fun with 3 guys in the drunk tank.
- There's nothing quite like watching adults vomit in public and get hauled away to the drunk tank.
- ‘It was like being in Vancouver's drunk tank on a Saturday night,’ he says.
- Each year brings with it drunken fist fights and people making unplanned visits to the hospital or drunk tank.
- From the drunk tank cops noticed the trickle of blood at the end of his stump that Harriman had ignored for years.
- Jack gets thrown in the drunk tank where he's beaten by his cellmate and then by the local sheriff, who also happens to be running for Congress.
- He believes there should be counsellors on staff at the drunk tanks.
- He did make me smile once though when he told the story of spending the night in the drunk tank after being at the Black Dog.
- Ambulance service chiefs are hoping to set up an ‘alcohol triage centre’ - sometimes called a drunk tank - in a Leeds chapel's community room, normally used by slimming clubs.
Synonyms dungeon, oubliette, lock-up, prison
Definition of drunk tank in US English: drunk tanknoun North American informal A large prison cell for the detention of drunks. he woke up in the drunk tank Example sentencesExamples - A bored police officer decides to have fun with 3 guys in the drunk tank.
- He believes there should be counsellors on staff at the drunk tanks.
- He did make me smile once though when he told the story of spending the night in the drunk tank after being at the Black Dog.
- Each year brings with it drunken fist fights and people making unplanned visits to the hospital or drunk tank.
- From the drunk tank cops noticed the trickle of blood at the end of his stump that Harriman had ignored for years.
- ‘It was like being in Vancouver's drunk tank on a Saturday night,’ he says.
- Jack gets thrown in the drunk tank where he's beaten by his cellmate and then by the local sheriff, who also happens to be running for Congress.
- There's nothing quite like watching adults vomit in public and get hauled away to the drunk tank.
- Ambulance service chiefs are hoping to set up an ‘alcohol triage centre’ - sometimes called a drunk tank - in a Leeds chapel's community room, normally used by slimming clubs.
Synonyms dungeon, oubliette, lock-up, prison
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