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(MLE, slang, uncommon) Jail or prison.
n
(prison slang, with "the") Solitary confinement
n
A soldier not capable of the minimum standards of marksmanship.
n
(derogatory) One who occupies a post or employment but does no useful work.
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(slang, used by the traveller community) A non-traveller.
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A bold outlaw, especially one from southern portions of the Wild West.
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(Canada, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
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(slang) A ten year prison sentence.
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(US, slang) A twenty-year prison sentence.
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(idiomatic) A place which is very difficult to get into.
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(slang, law) Money that is given to an inmate upon release from incarceration.
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(slang) A person who focuses on self-improvement while in prison.
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Someone who hangs on, or sticks to, a person, place, or service.
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In certain games of chase, a place to which those who are caught are carried for detention.
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(obsolete) A hostage; a person held hostage.
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(Florida, prison slang, derogatory) An inmate who complies with extortion demands from a prison gang, usually under threats of violence from a protection racket; a prison bitch.
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(UK, prison slang) A parcel smuggled in to an inmate.
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(slang, with the definite article) Prison.
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(slang) A long prison sentence.
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(slang, countable) A prison sentence.
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(Britain, idiomatic, slang, obsolete) The pillory, stocks, etc., of a prison.
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(obsolete, slang) Prison.
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(UK) A prison with minimal restrictions on the prisoners.
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(US) The practice of charging prisoners for their accommodation in prison.
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(US) A scheme where prison inmates are charged for their meals, clothing etc. while in prison.
v
To sell things, especially door to door or in insignificant quantities.
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(slang, with "the") prison.
adj
Alternative spelling of post-jail
n
(slang, derogatory) A prison guard.
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(law) A law in the United States, according to which a shopkeeper can detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable amount of time, as long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the detainee actually committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.
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(figuratively) A place for transgressors, a limbo; a place of confinement or self-isolation after (or in order to avert) transgressions; a state of disgrace.
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(slang) A prison sentence of six months
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One who frequents or lives on the streets.
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(US, slang) A jail cell.
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(Australia, slang) A two-year prison sentence.
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(obsolete) A dealer in secondhand furniture and clothes; an upholdster.
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One who is hired for wages, especially one motivated solely by money; a hireling.
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(UK, slang, obsolete) A convict returned from transportation before his time.
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