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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, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2. Chiefly Regional : calaboose. See FREE. | | VERB: | 1. To prepare (food) for storage and future use: conserve, preserve, put up. See KEEP. 2. Slang. To end the employment or service of: cashier, discharge, dismiss, drop, release, terminate. Informal : ax, fire, pink-slip. Slang : boot1, bounce, sack1. Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door. See KEEP.
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