“calaboose”的英文意思

单词

calaboose

释义

calaboose U.S.|kæləˈbuːz|
[Negro French (of Louisiana) calabouse, ad. Sp. calabozo dungeon.]
The name, in New Orleans and adjacent parts of the U.S., for a common prison.
1837–40Haliburton S. Slick, Hum. Nature (Bartlett) A large calaboose chock full of prisoners.1850Mrs. Stowe Uncle Tom's C. xv. 148 Send them to the calaboose, or some of the other places, to be flogged.1883Century Mag. Mar. 649/2 The terrors of the calaboza, with its chains and whips and branding irons, were condensed into the French tri⁓syllabic Calaboose.

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