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Lockup

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

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Clink 76% connected

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.

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Gaol 76% connected

A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.

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Jail 76% connected

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future ju…

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Pokey 76% connected

See Poky.

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Poky 76% connected

Confined; cramped.

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Protection 76% connected

The act of protecting, or the state of being protected; preservation from loss, injury, or annoyance; defense; shelter; as, the weak need protection.

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Locking 92% connected

of Lock

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