lockup house

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison. historical
    — He kept a lock-up house in Great Earle Street, Soho, and, although by profession a tailor, he had fitted it up most elegantly as a tavern.
  2. A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy. colloquial,historical,obsolete

词形变化

lockup houses plural
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