drunk tank
(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.
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(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.
[I]f you're honest enough you might end up in the drunk-tank 15 or 20 times and lose a few jobs and a wife or 2 or maybe slug somebody in the streets and sleep on a park bench now and then .
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