Bridewell
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- proper noun
- Karen Bridewell
Examples
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Tom had never seen Bridewell and could not help but notice how large it was, covering nearly the same area as Paul's.
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And it's a great deal better, Workhouse, that she died when she did, or else she'd have been doing hard labor in Bridewell.
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I had the clerk at Bridewell do it.
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Bert Laws left the Bridewell at the end of four months.
Fiction book (1993) -
He may have to send her to Bridewell.
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"Kyd had expected the other man to joke about his time in Bridewell, but Nashe said nothing.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then one day, store detectives in Field's swooped down on Bert, and the next thing Jimmy knew, his mother disappeared into the women's wing of the Bridewell.
Fiction book (1993) -
Both Reeve and Muggleton were sentenced to six months in Bridewell Prison in 1654 for cursing the Reverend Mr. Goffin, who died very shortly after having been cursed.
Blog text (12) -
Bert Laws left the Bridewell at the end of four months.
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Both Reeve and Muggleton were sentenced to six months in Bridewell Prison in 1654 for cursing the Reverend Mr. Goffin, who died very shortly after having been cursed.
Synonyms
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4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
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9.9
A jail or prison where people go when they break the law
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4.6
A building where people are held as punishment or while waiting for trial
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9.9
A place where people are kept after being arrested
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9.9
An old British word for a prison or jail
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Bridewell comes from the name of a place in London named for Saint Bride, joining Bride and well, which means 'well' or 'water source'. When the palace there was later used as a prison, Bridewell became the name for a house of correction or prison, so today it refers to that historic London prison.