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drunk tank

noun Informal.

a large jail cell where persons arrested for drunkenness are kept, usually overnight.

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Origin:
1940–45

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drunk tank

—n
	informal a large police cell used for detaining drunks overnight

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drunk tank definition

n.
a jail cell where drunks are kept. (See also junk tank.) : They hose down the drunk tank every hour on Friday and Saturday nights.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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