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| NOUN: | Slang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal : lockup, pen3. Slang : big house, can, clink, cooler, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional : calaboose. See FREE. | | VERB: | To confine within a limited area. In or up: cage, enclose, fence (in), immure, mew (up), pen2, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See FREE.
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