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  • 81jail bait — np A girl too young for sexual advances. Don t hit on her; she s only 15 and jail bait. 1950s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 82jail — dÊ’eɪl n. prison, location where convicted criminals and people awaiting trial are confined; incarceration, imprisonment v. put in prison, incarcerate, jail, detain …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 83jail-bird — person who is in jail, prisoner …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 84jail bait —    American    a sexually mature female below the legal age of copulation    Bait is used of any young person who may attract an older one sexually, and especially of boys attractive to homosexual men. Illegal copulation with a young girl carries …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • 85jail — (Brit. also gaol) noun a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. verb put (someone) in jail. Derivatives jailer (also gaoler) noun Origin ME: based on L. cavea (see cage); the word came into Engl. in two forms, jaiole …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 86jail — 1. noun he was thrown into the local jail Syn: prison, penitentiary, penal institution, lockup, detention center, jailhouse, stockade, correctional facility, reformatory, reform school; informal clink, slammer, big house, jug, brig, can, pen,… …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 87jail — [[t]dʒeɪl[/t]] n. 1) a prison, esp. one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses 2) to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison • Etymology: 1225–75; ME gaiole, jaiole, jaile < ONF gaiole, OF jaiole cage… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 88jail — /dʒeɪl / (say jayl) noun 1. a prison. –verb (t) 2. to take into or hold in custody; imprison. Also, gaol. {Middle English jaiole, from Old French: prison, cage, from Latin cavea cavity, enclosure, cage} Usage: In general the spelling of this word …

  • 89jail —   Hale pa ahao, hale wai. See saying, puhi2.    ♦ To jail, ho opa ahao …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 90jail delivery — The clearing out or ridding a jail of the persons committed there to await their trials, by disposing of their cases. See 4 Bl Comm 270 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary