Jail and Tolbooth

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Jail

Jail noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: sentenced to three years in jail for his crime
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Tolbooth and jail are semantically related. (Scottish) In some cases you can use "Tolbooth" instead a noun "Jail".
Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Tolbooth

Tolbooth noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: Deacon Brodie, thought to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was publicly hung at the site of the old tolbooth of Edinburgh
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Jail and tolbooth are semantically related. (Scottish) You can use "Jail" instead a noun "Tolbooth".

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