English Explanatory Dictionary

lockup house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.
  2. A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.

Word forms

lockup house lockup houses
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