(obsolete, UK, slang) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared rooms within a prison.
(obsolete, UK, slang) A fee paid by a prisoner to be able to lodge in shared rooms within a prison.
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(obsolete, UK, slang) The lodging of several people in a single apartment.
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(obsolete, UK, prison slang, transitive) To initiate (a new prisoner) through a ritual involving beating him with sticks and swords, accompanied by music, to extort money from him.
(India, historical) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the British Raj.
(South Asia) The shared home of a group of men who are unmarried or working at a distance from their families.
(Australia, archaic) A newly arrived convict.
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