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Synonyms for calaboose

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kal-uh-boos, kal-uh-boos
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæl əˌbus, ˌkæl əˈbus

Top 10 synonyms for calaboose
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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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