gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, clink - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

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bridewell clink correction Correctioner gaol jail jailhouse pokey poky Promiscuousness slammer Spinning house			The prudent housekeeper was again dispatched to bring the unhappy culprit before Mr Allworthy, in order, not as it was hoped by some, and expected by all, to be sent to the house of correction, but to receive wholesome admonition and reproof; which those who relish that kind of instructive writing may peruse in the next chapter. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context Thomas Gradgrind took no heed of these trivialities of course, but passed on as a practical man ought to pass on, either brushing the noisy insects from his thoughts, or consigning them to the House of Correction. Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context Fang to the House of Correction for one month; with the appropriate and amusing remark that since he had so much breath to spare, it would be more wholesomely expended on the treadmill than in a musical instrument. Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context			house cricket house decorator house detective house dick house doctor House dog house factor house finch House flag house fly house group house guest house husband house lights house martin house moth house mouse house music House of Assembly House of assignation House of bishops House of Burgesses House of call house of cards House of Commons house of correction House of Delegates house of detention house of God House of Hanover House of ill fame house of ill repute House of Islam House of Keys House of Lancaster House of Lords House of Peers house of prayer house of prostitution House of refuge House of Representatives House of the People House of Tudor House of War House of Windsor house of worship House of York house officer house organ house paint house painter			House of Burgesses House of Business Engineering House of call House of Capet House of Capet house of cards House of Chakri House of Chanel House of Chanel House of Children's Books House of Clairice House of Commons House of Commons House of Commons House of Commons House of Commons (UK) House of Commons Defence Committee House of Commons Disqualification Act House of Commons Finance Committee House of Commons Information Office House of Commons of the United Kingdom House of Commons Parliamentary Papers House of Commons Public Accounts Committee House of Commons Science and Technology Committee House of Commons Select Committee House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance House of Congress House of Congress House of Congress House of Contarini house of correction House of corrections House of Councillors House of Councillors of Japan House of Councilors House of Councilors House of Czartoryski House of Delegates house of detention house of detention house of detention House of Education Workers House of Elder House of Elzevir House of Elzevir House of Este House of Este House of European Value Corporation House of Fabergé House of Farnese House of Farnese House of Flavors House of Flying Cards House of Flying Daggers House of Flying Jaggers House of Friendship House of Fun House of General Science house of God house of God House of God Church

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