station house
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of station house
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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In the case of police officers, she said, they have an expectation of privacy in non-public settings such as a locker room at their station house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 9, 2026
Firefighters, police officers, and paramedics were called to the blaze at the former station house in Beswick Close, in Rushton, near Kettering, Northamptonshire, at about 22:30 GMT on Friday.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025
In the late 19th century, they began to use call boxes, booths where they could send telegraphs or dial a station house.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 19, 2023
He proclaimed his innocence as detectives led him in handcuffs out of the Fifth Precinct station house on Elizabeth Street in Chinatown on Monday afternoon.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
Later the cop made his report at the station house and gave a description of the unconscious man.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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