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Newgate

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Newgate [ˈnjuːgɪt -ˌgeɪt]
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(Placenames / Named Buildings) a famous London prison, in use from the Middle Ages: demolished in 1902
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Noun1.Newgate - a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902
British capital, capital of the United Kingdom, Greater London, London - the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center


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To Newgate Gentle Youth (replied I), to see Augustus.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
Who was Born in Newgate, and during a Life of continu'd Variety for Threescore Years, besides her Childhood, was Twelve Year a Whore, five times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and dies a Penitent.
The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders by Defoe, Daniel View in context
When Lady Bellaston heard the young lord's scruples, she treated them with the same disdain with which one of those sages of the law, called Newgate solicitors, treats the qualms of conscience in a young witness.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
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