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jailhouse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪlˌhaʊs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From jail + house.

Meanings

  1. 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

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jailhouses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

jailhouse lawyer

Relateds

prison · penitentiary