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clink
noun
a jail; a police station UK, 1785
Originally an infamous prison in Southwark, London, and then by the mid-C19 applied to any jail, prison or cell.- Mom left a big hole in his life, which he filled by marrying Betty Bugbee when she got out of the clink. — Bernard Wolfe, The Late Risers, p. 301, 1954
- I heard that after the fracas in Harlem she landed in the clink[.] — Ross Russell, The Sound, p. 287, 1961
- The Office, Barlow called it. Home, John Watt called it. The Stir, Clink, Bog, Nick, depending on what you are, and where you come from. — Troy Kennedy Martin, Z Cars, p. 21, 1962
- [T]he western lead will be Rusty Godowsky who is aimed for stardom if he stays out of the clink[.] — Gore Vidal, Myra Breckinridge, p. 102, 1968
- He just laughed and said he’d probably see me in the clink before he got out. — Oscar Zeta Acosta, The Revolt of the Cockroach People, p. 253, 1973
- There were interviews with black neighborhood residents who said the police had to start hooking the kids up and throwing them in the clink. — Elmore Leonard, Switch, p. 100, 1978
- Rings was like, Wow, I never thought to find love in the clink! — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 83, 1990
- In those days, simply being a suspicious character could land you in the clink for three days without charges being pressed, a handy method for dealing with undesirables. — Kim Rich, Johnny’s Girl, p. 47, 1993
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