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shelf
noun- an informer AUSTRALIA, 1916
- These were the stool-pigeons, the shelfs, who were out to make a deal in their own interests with the police whenever it was possible. — Vince Kelly, The Bogeyman, p. 70, 1956
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 45, 1983
- solitary confinement US
- Stick was confined in the second cell–a holding cell in the isolation unit known as the shelf. — Malcolm Braly, On the Yard, p. 61, 1967
- — William K. Bentley and James M. Corbett, Prison Slang, p. 11, 1992
- in circus and carnival usage, an upper sleeping berth US
- — Don Wilmeth, The Language of American Popular Entertainment, p. 237, 1981
▶ on the shelf
unlikely to marry UK, 1839- She didn’t seem to go out on many dates, and he couldn’t figure out why she was on the shelf. — James T. Farrell, Saturday Night, p. 19, 1947
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