Newgate

[ noo-geyt, -git, nyoo- ]

noun
  1. a prison in London, England: torn down 1902.

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Newgate

/ (ˈnjuːɡɪt, -ˌɡeɪt) /


noun
  1. a famous London prison, in use from the Middle Ages: demolished in 1902

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