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barracoon

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bar⋅ra⋅coon

  [bar-uh-koon]
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–noun
(formerly) a place of temporary confinement for slaves or convicts.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; < Sp barracón, equiv. to barrac(a) hut (see barrack 1 ) + -on aug. suffix
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bar·ra·coon   (bār'ə-kōōn')   
n.  A barracks in which slaves or convicts were formerly held in temporary confinement.

[Spanish barracón, augmentative of barraca, hut; see barrack1.]
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