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bridewell

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Definitions

  1. 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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