calaboose

“By that last part, he is referring to another slang term, ‘cally,’ which is a police station, short for “calaboose,” derived from the Spanish “calabozo,” Barrett clarified.

And can someone catapult Steve Bannon into the calaboose already?

“Say to Mr. Pearl, ‘Me and my buddy been tryin’ to rob Blakeslee’s store, so come git us and put us in the calaboose!’

Yet for many Americans, especially younger ones, going home for Thanksgiving is a weekend in the calaboose.

“I picked up a side of the sheet and walked right in the calaboose with the men. I walked in the calaboose carrying a rotten dead Negro.”