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
And ie told me that the lady in charge of the detention home, a Mrs. Swerlin, and her husband were, very good people.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
And I dropped over to Mason to see Mrs. Sweriin, the woman at the detention home who had kept me those couple of years.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
He worked somewhere else, but he stayed there at the detention home on he weekends with Lucille.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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