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- Thesaurus|351
- Abbreviations|0
92 entries under noun topic. ×
| oubliette | |
| stir(free, slang) | |
| cell | |
| confessor | |
| jailhouse | |
| quod | |
| calaboose | |
| bastille(keep, pen, cell, jail) | |
| confine(prison, enclosure) | |
| corral | |
| hoosegow(free, slang) | |
| jug(free, slang, prison) | |
| pokey(keep, free, slang, pen) | |
| house of detention(expression, idiom, prison) | |
| reform school | |
| tollbooth | |
| Borstal | |
| choky | |
| confinement(pen, jail, prison, reformatory) | |
| correctional institution(expression, idiom, jail) |
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