(obsolete, UK, slang) Whitecross Street Prison, London, England.
(obsolete, UK, slang) Whitecross Street Prison, London, England.
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(US, slang) jail, prison.
(UK, slang, obsolete, historical) Tothill Fields Bridewell, a prison located in the Westminster area of central London between 1618 and 1884.
American slang for jail or prison, playing on the image of metal crossbars on cell doors and windows — the defining visual of incarceration dressed up in satirical hotel language. The phrase is part of a long tradition of darkly humorous jail nicknames that treat forced confinement as if it were a hospitality venue, including the graybar hotel and the big house. Often used in crime fiction, country music, and street slang.
(UK, slang, obsolete, historical) Bridewell Prison in London.