"big house" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-big house.ogg [Australia] Forms: big houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big house (plural big houses)
  1. (slang) Prison, jail. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-XFU5QyIj
  2. (slang, obsolete) The workhouse. Tags: obsolete, slang Categories (topical): Prison
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-EqEmbtsf Disambiguation of Prison: 22 54 22 2
  3. A religious building of the Delaware Indians, representing the cosmos. Synonyms (religious building): bighouse
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-nKBYbCCb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 80 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 20 71 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 19 72 7 Disambiguation of 'religious building': 0 0 100 0
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, house.
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-pnejJeYR

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