house of detention
Example Sentences
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"Lieutenant Szipzr," said the court, "impaired the reputation of the country's first house of detention by being responsible for the bad spirit which prevailed in the prison for a certain period."
From Time Magazine Archive
After the attack, the Libyans turned Al Kabir into a kind of house of detention for foreign journalists, who were allowed out only for chaperoned tours.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your mammy would have you put in a house of detention if she knew it.
From Ann Boyd by Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel)
"I've got him under lock and key; he's in the house of detention; and he'll have to stay there until——" Challoner moistened his lips.
From The Red Mouse by Osborne, William Hamilton
But if a woman bore a girl, she was to be arrayed in byssus, silk, and embroidered garments, and led forth from the house of detention amid great honors.
From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 1 by Szold, Henrietta
