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buy-up
noun
in prison, a purchase of groceries, toiletries, etc, made by prisoners AUSTRALIA, 1944
“Buy-ups” are restricted to a certain small amount for each prisoner, often consisting of wages earned for prison work.- Nothing about the fact that I was signing for my buy-up at the exact time the bashing and escape attempt took place, as I have a screw to prove it. — Ray Denning, Prison Diaries, p. 52, 1978
- — Donald Catchlove, Ray Denning My Life and Time, p. 10, 1994
- The [activities] centre also ran “buy-ups”, which provided them with the opportunity to place orders for and purchase various goods that weren’t on issue. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 25, 2001
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