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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US, slang) A jail.
Origin: From informal spoken , variant of standard . Alteration of pronunciation and spelling by law of Hobson-Jobson. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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