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bullpen
noun- a holding cell in a courtroom or a jail US, 1880
- I stepped into the bull pen, followed him dumbly. — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 200, 1945
- From there they were sent to the bullpen to await the wagon[.] — Hal Ellson, The Golden Spike, p. 240, 1952
- They come from the bullpen to the Tombs up to their floor. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 44, 1966
- I was in what is called the bullpen, waiting to go into court. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 245, 1967
- The last time I saw Elsie was in the bullpen–sort of cowering in the corner surrounded by a group of young Westside hoods[.] — Herbert Huncke, The Evening Sun Turned Crimson, p. 40, 1980
- The bailiff thrust him into the bullpen. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 145, 1990
- an open area in an office with desks US
- The bullpen was a large room in the Field Office which was crammed wiht rows of gray metal desks facing one another. — Gerald Petievich, To Live and Die in L.A., p. 53, 1983
- — Kathleen Odean, High Steppers, Fallen Angels, and Lollipops, p. 157, 1988
- in a nightclub, chairs without tables for patrons who want only to listen to the music US
- These bull pens still exist in bop palaces around the country. — Robert Sylvester, No Cover Charge, p. 275, 1956
- a room where a work crew congregates US
- — Norman Carlisle, The Modern Wonder Book of Trains and Railroading, p. 260, 1946
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