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But Stewart was “ordered to study Zimmerman for 120 hours, in Mr Keck’s library” – five days’ solitary confinement in Sydney gaol, supervised by the gaoler Henry Keck.

From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019

The scene is laid in the house of Mr. Snap, gaoler of London's Newgate Prison, in the year 1725.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gaoler, after examining them for evidence of witchcraft, clapped them into jail, where they lay five weeks.

From Time Magazine Archive

Said Napoleon of Sir Hudson: "The man is a coward of long experience and a gaoler from taste."

From Time Magazine Archive

I ought to be thankful that the gaoler did not drink it himself, I suppose.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin