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calaboose
[ kal-uh-boos, kal-uh-boos ]
noun
- jail; prison; lockup.
calaboose
/ ˈkæləˌbuːs /
noun
- informal.a prison; jail
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Origin of calaboose1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calaboose1
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Example Sentences
But mind, the three waifs were never in the town; only on the beach and in the calaboose.
Of course, and if we leave him in that weak old calaboose, they'll get more help and take him out to-night.
An army might lose enthusiasm and prestige if it spent a night or two in the calaboose.
They conducted us to what they had termed "the calaboose," a big, ramshackle, one-roomed barn-like structure.
We want a locomotive and a calaboose to take us to Boynton, and we are quite willing to pay anything reasonable.
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