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jail
Part of speech: NounA prison; especially, a place where persons guilty of minor offenses are confined.
Usage examples "jail":- There is this morning a great excitement jail over town about you. - "A Woman's Life-Work Labors and Experiences", Laura S. Haviland.
- Annie, after he had been put in jail, went to the dogs on her own account rather faster than when they made a team. - "The Children of the Poor", Jacob A. Riis.
- I can't afford to go to jail,- it ain't as if I was single! - "The Just and the Unjust", Vaughan Kester.