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jailyard en · NOUN

Etymology

From jail + yard.

Meanings

  1. A yard adjoining a prison.
    • Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded. 2008 April 23, Gilbert King, “Cruel and Unusual History”, in New York Times:

Forms

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gaolyard alternative lexicographic
jailyards Number=Plur lexicographic