Christopher Columbus wasn't an explorer because he loved the sea. He was an explorer because he hated Spanish jails.
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Jails
//d͡ʒeɪlz//
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Noun(38 words)
hoosegowhousehouse inhouse of correctionhouse of detentionimmureimpoundincludeindustrial schoolinterninternment campjailhousejugkeepkennellabor campleaguerlock inlock uplockup
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maximum-security prisonmewmew upminimum-security prisonnickoubliettepenpen inpenal colonypenal institutionpenal settlementpenitentiarypocketpokeypow campprison campprisonhousequarantinequodrail inreform schoolreformatoryrock pilesend downshrineshutshut inshut upsponging housestablestate prisonstirstockadesurroundthe holethrow into jailtollboothtraining schoolwall inwrapyardyard up
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No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.
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