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Synonyms for lock-up


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lok
Phonetic Transcription : lɒk



Définition of lock-up

Origin :
  • "detention cell for offenders," 1838, perhaps short for earlier lock-up house; from lock (v.) + up. Meaning "action of locking up" is from 1845. The verbal phrase lock up is recorded from early 15c.
  • As in coop : noun pen
Example sentences :
  • They were not fonder of the lock-up than are most boys who deserve that punishment.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • Napoleon, the prisoner in the school "lock-up," raged for a while like a caged lion.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • You'll find more of the same sort in the lock-up at May's Landing.
  • Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
  • You'll just fork over five dollars to me this very night or off you go to the lock-up.
  • Extract from : « The Masked Bridal » by Mrs. Georgie Sheldon
  • And what, pray, is the meaning of this—strangers in the jail after lock-up time?
  • Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
  • Was this another and a rougher way of taking her to the lock-up?
  • Extract from : « Sue, A Little Heroine » by L. T. Meade
  • Nick could not have seen Buckner after the money was stolen, unless he visited him in the lock-up.
  • Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic
  • Hurry and put everything back or I'll see that you land in the lock-up.
  • Extract from : « Afloat on the Flood » by Lawrence J. Leslie
  • Warde welcomed the House at lock-up, and introduced the boys to his wife and daughter.
  • Extract from : « The Hill » by Horace Annesley Vachell
  • There was a whistle; the police arrived, and the women were taken to the lock-up.
  • Extract from : « Brazilian Tales » by Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis

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