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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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Tolbooth and Keep. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/tolbooth
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Tolbooth or Keep. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/keep/tolbooth.
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