Calaboose
/ˌkæləˈbuːs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A prison or jail/gaol. Australia, US, dialectal
"The slaughter-house is gone from the mouth of Bear Creek and so is the small jail (or 'calaboose') which once stood in its neighborhood. A citizen asked, 'Do you remember when Jimmy Finn, the town drunkard, was burned to death in the calaboose?'"
Example
More examples"The slaughter-house is gone from the mouth of Bear Creek and so is the small jail (or 'calaboose') which once stood in its neighborhood. A citizen asked, 'Do you remember when Jimmy Finn, the town drunkard, was burned to death in the calaboose?'"
Etymology
From Cajun French calabousse, from Spanish calabozo. Doublet of calabozo.