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jailcell

jailcell

See also: jail cell

English

Noun

jailcell (plural jailcells)

  1. Alternative form of jail cell
    • 1983, Carolina Quarterly, Volumes 36-37, page 87:
      The elevator arrived with a wheeze — one of those old-time jailcell-looking cages.
    • 1996, West's Hawaii Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court, Intermediate Court of Appeals, Volume 79, page 11:
      Grattafiori moved to have his jailcell statements suppressed, []
    • 2013, Brian Panhuyzen, The Sky Manifest, ECW Press (2013), ISBN 9781770410817, page 134:
      But who now languished in a jailcell with a split pate while his foe sped away into the night?
    • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:jailcell.