"bridewell" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a \"house of correction\".",
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      "form": "bridewells",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1983, “The Wicklow Boy”, in The Time Has Come, performed by Christy Moore, produced by Dónal Lunny",
          "text": "Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree.",
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        {
          "ref": "2002, Joseph O'Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page xix",
          "text": "Two Fermanagh girls who never laughed were certain that he must have served time in a bridewell, so cold was his expression and so calloused his small hands.",
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        "A small prison, or a police station that has cells."
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          "cell",
          "cell"
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        "(sometimes capitalised, dated in British, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells."
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      "wikipedia": [
        "Bridewell Palace"
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  "word": "bridewell"
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  "etymology_text": "From Bridewell (named after a well dedicated to St Bride), an area of London that once had a \"house of correction\".",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1983, “The Wicklow Boy”, in The Time Has Come, performed by Christy Moore, produced by Dónal Lunny",
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        "A small prison, or a police station that has cells."
      ],
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          "police station"
        ],
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      "qualifier": "rare elsewhere",
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        "(sometimes capitalised, dated in British, Ireland, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells."
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