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(rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
n
(prison slang) Sedative drugs used to calm down a prisoner.
v
To move about while sampling, such as with food or products on display.
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(slang) One year of prison time.
v
(transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
v
(intransitive, slang) To make or experience informal temporary living arrangements, especially overnight.
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(slang) A form of punishment in which prisoners are shackled and transported long distances for days or weeks.
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(slang) A prison sentence of three months.
n
(US, law enforcement) Synonym of felony stop
n
(US, informal) A house, property, car, or other object that needs to be fixed up or repaired, often purchased as an investment.
n
An Internet-based community where people can freely give unwanted items to others.
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(UK, New Zealand, Canada) An individual who takes expired unsold merchandise from the back of supermarket premises.
n
(slang, historical) A fee; specifically, in English jails, formerly an unauthorized fee demanded from a newcomer by the older prisoners.
v
To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.
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(slang) A five-year prison sentence.
n
(archaic) Price, payment; especially the first installment of a series.
n
Alternative form of handsel [(obsolete) A lucky omen.]
n
(colloquial, uncountable) A prison term.
n
(slang) A body cavity when used to store or smuggle things into jail.
n
(slang, archaic) A prison; a jail cell.
v
(transitive, slang) To put into jail.
n
(Britain, slang) A prisoner, a criminal.
n
The camp of a besieging army; a camp in general.
adj
(UK dialectal, obsolete) High in demand; quickly sold.
n
(obsolete) Anything that lies in a place; that which, or one who, remains in a place.
n
(slang, archaic) A lockup or jail cell.
v
(UK, colloquial) To spend time in prison or jail.
v
(UK, informal) To be found together most of the time.
v
(Northern England, idiomatic) To cohabit without being married.
n
Alternative form of lockup [(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.]
n
(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
v
(Britain) To send someone to gaol, expeditiously.
n
(obsolete, slang) Provisions, food and supplies, particularly for a journey.
n
(Australia, slang) A search, conducted by authorities, of a prisoner or a prisoner's cell.
n
One who ranges; a rover.
v
(Britain, colloquial) imprisoned; punished.
v
(transitive, slang, chiefly UK) To imprison.
n
The practice of covertly placing objects on display in a shop.
n
(obsolete) An ecclesiastical see.
n
The science of besieging; warcraft of sieges.
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(slang, usually "the slammer") jail, prison.
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(Australia, slang) A crime committed for the purpose of being apprehended and transported to a major settlement.
n
(US, slang, dated) Prison.
n
(prison slang) A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.
n
(slang) A jail or prison term.
n
Obsolete spelling of siege [(military) A prolonged military assault or a blockade of a city or fortress with the intent of conquering by force or attrition.]
n
(UK, slang, obsolete) A penitentiary.
n
An amount or percentage of a server's tips that the server shares, either voluntarily or as mandated in a tip sharing or tip pooling agreement, with other employees such as bussers, bartenders, back waiters and host/hostesses whose job duties indirectly assist the server.
n
(Scotland, historical) A market fair, especially a recurring one held on a schedule, where livestock sales took place.
n
(chiefly UK, informal) A quick collection of money from a group of people, usually for a beneficial purpose.
n
(historical) In Russia, a prison or stockade for the confinement of prisoners in transit.
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