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detention home

[dih-ten-shuhn hohm] / dɪˈtɛn ʃən ˌhoʊm /


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Emile Griffith grew up as a man-child at a boys’ detention home in the Virgin Islands.

From New York Times Mar. 31, 2012

For Larry's own safety, he had to be kept in the detention home, even on Christmas Day.

From Time Magazine Archive

And ie told me that the lady in charge of the detention home, a Mrs. Swerlin, and her husband were, very good people.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey

“Maybe they put him in a detention home or something.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Many youngsters from the detention home, when their dates came up, went off to the reform school.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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