detention home
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of detention home
First recorded in 1925–30
Example Sentences
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Emile Griffith grew up as a man-child at a boys’ detention home in the Virgin Islands.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2012
For Larry's own safety, he had to be kept in the detention home, even on Christmas Day.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Maybe they put him in a detention home or something.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
But first I was going to the detention home.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
Many youngsters from the detention home, when their dates came up, went off to the reform school.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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