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ramp
noun- a search of a prisoner or prison cell AUSTRALIA, 1919
Conducted to search for contraband, though often carried out with much destruction in order to harass the prisoner. - The mirror was so small that it was initially overlooked in several “ramps” (searches). — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 37, 2001
- In fact I’d had to up-end him once during a cell ramp in Long Bay’s Metropolitan Reception Prison when he refused to comply with a lawful direction. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 111, 2001
- a public house bar counter; hence, a public house UK, 1935
From an earlier, more general, sense as a shop counter. - — John Gosling, The Ghost Squad, 1959
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