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house
noun- a prisoner’s cell or the area immediately surrounding the prisoner’s bed in a dormitory-style room US, 1970
- [V]iolations of prison rules that range from sticking a shank in somebody to having an extra sandwich in your “house” or cell. — Tim Findley, The Rolling Stone Reader, p. 87, 1974
- It seemed to anger him most that Cherokee had beaten me in his cell. “Black motherfucker, fucking over my house like that.” — Malcolm Braley, False Starts, p. 227, 1976
- “I think I’ll head back to my house to read,” he said. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 257, 1990
- This is one of the most important aspects of prison life as a person’s house is his home, his solitude, where he achieves his privacy. — William Bentley, Prison Slang, p. 7, 1992
- — Reinhold Aman, Hillary Clinton’s Pen Pal, p. 43, 1996
- a police station US, 1909
- “How come we’re taking this guy to the house?” Chiodo asked his partner. — Charles Whited, Chiodo, p. 47, 1973
- in poker, a hand consisting of three cards of the same rank and a pair US
An abbreviation of the conventional ‘full house’. - — Anthony Holden, Big Deal, p. 301, 1990
▶ see: HOUSE MUSIC
▶ go under the house
to perform oral sex on a woman US- — Male Swinger Number 3, p. 45, 1981: “The complete gay dictionary”
▶ in the house- here and now, present, currently US
- — Judi Sanders, Faced and Faded, Hanging to Hurl, p. 22, 1993
- — Merriam-Webster’s Hot Words on Campus Marketing Survey ‘93, p. 3, 13 October 1993
- The music changes. All Saints in the house. — Karline Smith, Letters to Andy Cole, p. 139, 1998
- popular, stylish US
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 5, Spring 1994
▶ mind your house
watch your back, be careful IRELAND
Often used in sports matches: when a player has the ball a team mate will shout ‘mind your house’ if an opponent is coming up behind him.- The Circuit Court heard, yesterday, that on December 21 1998, Sgt Kevin McHugh, of Mary St Garda Station, was told by Keane to “mind your house” when he served him an appeal notice. — Limerick Leader, 31 July 1999
▶ on the house
paid for by management of the establishment US, 1889- They flew him up from Miami in their private jet, comped the room, meals, everything. If you can afford to lose a hundred grand, Vincent, it’s all on the house. — Elmore Leonard, Glitz, p. 129, 1985
- On the house. — Empire Records, 1995
▶ the house
the New York House of Detention for female prisoners US- “She just got out of the house,” Helen said, meaning the Women’s House of Detention in Greenwich Village. — James Mills, The Panic in Needle Park, p. 33, 1966
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