Jailyard

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A yard adjoining a prison.

    "Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded."

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"Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded."

Etymology

From jail + yard.

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