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Definitions
A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
Word origin
From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a "house of correction".
Used in a sentence
“Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree.”
“Two Fermanagh girls who never laughed were certain that he must have served time in a bridewell, so cold was his expression and so calloused his small hands.”
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