Synonyms for lockup
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lok-uhp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɒkˌʌp |
Définition of lockup
- noun jail
- About all he was good for was keeping a blurred eye on the lockup and running in drunks.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- "Then take me back to the Gonzales lockup," muttered Stiger.
- Extract from : « For the Liberty of Texas » by Edward Stratemeyer
- You can march off to the lockup—all three of you if you like; but one of you, anyhow.
- Extract from : « Follow My leader » by Talbot Baines Reed
- They were sent to the lockup again, and our party resumed their merrymaking.
- Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
- I would rather stay with you until two o'clock than go to the lockup.
- Extract from : « Under Fire » by Frank A. Munsey
- And she is straight; or I'm a million miles away in the lockup.
- Extract from : « Athalie » by Robert W. Chambers
- So I let them lead me to the lockup, where I had to wait until the magistrates were ready to try me.
- Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking
- I was bitter when they steered me into a lockup in Hickory Street.
- Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- You still have the poorhouse, the cattle pound, and the lockup to serenade.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- The lockup was near the Potomac, and not far from the then new navy yard.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the "Lively Bee" » by John De Morgan
Words or expressions associated with your search
- alarm clock
- all locked up
- antilock brake
- around-the-clock
- ballocks
- block
- block off
- blockade
- blockaded
- blockage
- blocked
- blockhead
- blockhouse
- blocking
- blockout
- chip off old block
- chock-a-block
- chockablock
- clock
- clock watcher
- clocked in
- clocked in punched in
- davy jones locker
- Davy Jones' locker
- Davy Jones's locker
- davy jones's lockers
- deadlock
- deadlocked
- deadlocking
- dreadlocks
- flintlock
- flock
- flocking
- gridlock
- had a lock on
- had lock on
- haddest a lock on
- hadst a lock on
- hadst lock on
- has a lock on
- has lock on
- hast a lock on
- hast lock on
- hath a lock on
- have a lock on
- in Davy Jones' locker
- in davy jones locker
- interlocking directorate
- just watching the clock
- knock block off
- lock
- lock away
- lock horns
- lock horns with
- lock on
- lock out
- lock stock and barrel
- lock up
- lock-up
- locked
- locked up
- locker
- locket
- locking up
- lockup
- new kid on block
- new kid on the block
- new kid the block
- padlock
- padlocked
- padlocking
- punch a clock
- put a lock on
- put under lock and key
- road block
- roadblock
- round-the-clock
- Sherlock Holmes
- Shylock
- stumbling block
- unblock
- unblocked
- unlock
- unlocked
- warlock
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