jailhouse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌhaʊs/ (General-American)
Etymology
From jail + house.
Meanings
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A building containing a prison.
“SBF may serve as little as 12.5 years, if he gets all of the jailhouse credit available to him,” Mitchell Epner, a former federal prosecutor, told CNN.
2024 March 28, Lauren del Valle and Allison Morrow, “Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in federal prison”, in CNN Business:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| jailhouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic |