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Synonyms for calaboose
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kal-uh-boos, kal-uh-boos |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæl əˌbus, ˌkæl əˈbus |
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Définition of calaboose
Origin :- "prison," 1792, American English, from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo "dungeon," probably from Vulgar Latin *calafodium, from pre-Roman *cala "protected place, den" + Latin fodere "to dig" (see fossil).
- As in big house : noun penal institution
- As in police station : noun headquarters for law enforcement
- As in lockup : noun jail
- They left him in the calaboose with whatever reflections were his.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- What are you going to do with that old brigand you've got locked in the calaboose?
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
- Do you know how the man came to be burned up in the calaboose?'
- Extract from : « Life On The Mississippi, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
- When we got to the calaboose, he unlocked the door and started to put us in.
- Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
- A Mormon police report is headed, One drunk at the calaboose.
- Extract from : « Greater Britain » by Charles Wentworth Dilke
- Who knows the truth and speaks too loose In Berlin gets in the calaboose!
- Extract from : « Major Prophets of To-Day » by Edwin E. Slosson
- He saw John Bunyan running loose, and put him in the calaboose.
- Extract from : « Uncle Walt [Walt Mason] » by Walt Mason
- Powell called to him, "How much will you charge to haul this load to the calaboose?"
- Extract from : « The Long Dim Trail » by Forrestine C. Hooker
- The calaboose was once a livery stable and has never entirely got over it.
- Extract from : « The Sheriff of Badger » by George B. Pattullo
- Even the prisoners in the calaboose had been released and provided with arms.
- Extract from : « Gentlemen Rovers » by E. Alexander Powell
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