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Station house

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station house

 
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–noun
a police station or fire station.
Origin:
1825–35
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police station

 
–noun
police headquarters for a particular district, from which police officers are dispatched and to which persons under arrest are brought.
Also called station house.

Origin:
1840–50
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station house also sta·tion·house   (stā'shən-hous')
n.  

  1. A police station.

  2. A fire station.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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