calaboose
jail; prison; lockup.
Origin of calaboose
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How to use calaboose in a sentence
But mind, the three waifs were never in the town; only on the beach and in the calaboose.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonOf course, and if we leave him in that weak old calaboose, they'll get more help and take him out to-night.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine | John Fox, Jr.An army might lose enthusiasm and prestige if it spent a night or two in the calaboose.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineThey conducted us to what they had termed "the calaboose," a big, ramshackle, one-roomed barn-like structure.
Tramping on Life | Harry KempWe want a locomotive and a calaboose to take us to Boynton, and we are quite willing to pay anything reasonable.
The Cattle-Baron's Daughter | Harold Bindloss
British Dictionary definitions for calaboose
/ (ˈkæləˌbuːs) /
US informal a prison; jail
Origin of calaboose
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