death house

noun

1. a building or part of a prison in which persons condemned to death await execution.

Word History and Origins

Origin of death house¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

He says it was "a lot of fun" researching his part, and he learned "Victorian hospitals were not the nicest places in the world, they were often called death houses".

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The case of the "death house landlady" is being explored in a new true-crime documentary on Oxygen titled "Murders at the Boarding House" as part of the network’s "Serial Killer Week."

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It came 15 years after Corbally walked into that death house, already convinced that what he was about to see shouldn’t happen.

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Now an accomplished private investigator, McGarrahan was haunted by her morning in the death house at Florida State Prison.

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A high black curtain was also draped around the building, completely blocking views of the death house.

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