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pen
noun- a jail or prison US, 1884
Shortened from “penitentiary”. - If Bob gets called sure ’nough and listens to you and gets sent to the pen, he’s a fool. — Chester Himes, If He Hollers Let Him Go, p. 121, 1945
- “ First I want revenge because their fathers sent my old man to die in the pen.” The Crawler’s eyes were blazing with hate as he spoke. — Chester Gould, Dick Tracy Meets the Night Crawler, p. 40, 1945
- He’s on the lam from a pen back east, crashed out with twenty years to serve of a thirty-year bank-robber rap. — Jim Thompson, A Swell-Looking Babe, p. 77, 1954
- Gentlemen, I’ve worked many pens before, and believe me when I tell you I enjoy entertaining you fellows. — Dick Gregory, Nigger, p. 153, 1964
- Yeah, they’re from Newark and they done time in the state pen. — Piri Thomas, Down These Mean Streets, p. 213, 1967
- Ralph is now doing time in a Federal pen[.] — Babs Gonzales, I Paid My Dues, pp. 109–10, 1967
- I guess you heard I’m outta the pen now. — Boyz N The Hood, 1990
- I’m sorry man, I shoulda picked you up personally at the pen. — Reservoir Dogs, 1992
- a detention or holding room at a jail or courthouse US
- I was able to communicate with Mr. Mahoney in the pens. — Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 259, 1979
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