Usually means: Historic jail or police station.
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  1. bridewell: Merriam-Webster
  2. bridewell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bridewell: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Bridewell, bridewell: Wordnik
  5. bridewell: Wiktionary
  6. bridewell: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Bridewell, bridewell: Dictionary.com
  8. bridewell: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Bridewell (New York City jail), Bridewell (disambiguation), Bridewell, The Bridewell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Bridewell: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. bridewell: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Bridewell: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. bridewell: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. Bridewell: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. bridewell: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bridewell: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. Bridewell: The Word Detective
  18. bridewell: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. Bridewell: World Wide Words

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  1. bridewell: Legal dictionary

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  1. bridewell: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bridewell)

▸ noun:  (sometimes capitalised, dated in British, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.

Similar:
borstal, borstal training, holding cell, watchhouse, cell block, bailey, house of correction, cellhouse, Bastille, bughouse, more...

Opposite:
gaol, prison, penitentiary

Phrases:
Bridewell Palace, more...

Adjectives:
new, old, original, first, local, county, ancient, erected, former, glasgow, lish
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Similar:
borstal, borstal training, holding cell, watchhouse, cell block, bailey, house of correction, cellhouse, Bastille, bughouse, more...

Opposite:
gaol, prison, penitentiary

Phrases:
Bridewell Palace, more...

Adjectives:
new, old, original, first, local, county, ancient, erected, former, glasgow, lish



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