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crowbar hotel en · PROPN
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(slang) Jail.
Many unfortunate suckers, finding themselves losers, even in an honest game, became obstreperous, and the services of the bouncer, or even of a resident gunhand, might be required to pacify them, after which the complainant would be hauled to the crowbar hotel to recover enough of his equanimity to appear peacefully before a justice of the peace.
1981, Watson Parker, Deadwood: The Golden Years, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 190:If Vick gets 18 months in the crowbar hotel, as speculated, that essentially means two seasons away from the NFL.
2007 August 22, Dave Perkins, “NFL will paper over Vick scandal”, in Toronto Star, Canada:Correctional Services Minister Nick Leluk often refers to his "guests" in his chain of "hotels". What do these guests have to do to earn their keep in Ontario's crowbar hotels?
1983 October 21, Orland French, “Gnomes grind out the gems”, in The Globe and Mail, Canada:
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