calaboose

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noun

A prison.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œ[Hasan Baswaid] put his hands together as if he were in handcuffs. β€˜This could put you in the calaboose,’ he said with a sheepish grin.” Lawrence Wright; The Kingdom of Silence; The New Yorker; Jan 5, 2004.
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