Calaboose
Calaboose noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: fittingly, the calaboose in that one-horse town consisted of a single cell
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Synonyms for Calaboose
Prison
Prison noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: the ongoing debate whether drug users should go to prison
Calaboose is a synonym for prison (North American) in jail topic. You can use "Calaboose" instead a noun "Prison", if it concerns topics such as free, can. informal substitute
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