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Bridewell

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small prison, or a police station that has cells. Ireland, capitalized, dated, sometimes

    "Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree."

Etymology

From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a "house of correction".

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