Pen
Pen noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: earned six years in a federal pen
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Tolbooth and pen are semantically related. (Scottish) In some cases you can use "Tolbooth" instead a noun "Pen".
Nearby Word: penholder
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 Pen. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pen/tolbooth
Pen & Tolbooth. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/pen/tolbooth>.
Tolbooth or Pen. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pen/tolbooth.
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