"lockup house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: lockup houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} lockup house (plural lockup houses)
  1. (now historical) A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-lockup_house-en-noun-lueXnMgz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51
  2. (colloquial, obsolete) A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy. Tags: colloquial, obsolete
    Sense id: en-lockup_house-en-noun-PnoVR2jX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51

Inflected forms

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