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calaboose

/kal-uh-boos, kal-uh-boos/US // ˈkæl əˌbus, ˌkæl əˈbus //UK // (ˈkæləˌbuːs) //

钙片,钙化器,钙化炉,钙化物

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Slang.

    • : jail; prison; lockup.

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Examples

  • But mind, the three waifs were never in the town; only on the beach and in the calaboose.

  • Of course, and if we leave him in that weak old calaboose, they'll get more help and take him out to-night.

  • An army might lose enthusiasm and prestige if it spent a night or two in the calaboose.

  • They conducted us to what they had termed "the calaboose," a big, ramshackle, one-roomed barn-like structure.

  • We want a locomotive and a calaboose to take us to Boynton, and we are quite willing to pay anything reasonable.