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State prisoner

   Also found in: Legal 0.04 sec.
one in confinement, or under arrest, for a political offense.

See also: State



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Who ever heard of a state prisoner escaping by a hickry-bark ladder?
While Sophia was left with no other company than what attend the closest state prisoner, namely, fire and candle, the squire sat down to regale himself over a bottle of wine, with his parson and the landlord of the Hercules Pillars, who, as the squire said, would make an excellent third man, and could inform them of the news of the town, and how affairs went; for to be sure, says he, he knows a great deal, since the horses of many of the quality stand at his house.
One would think the girl was a state prisoner under your care.
 
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