Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lockup house

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables
lock-up -house
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.

noun

A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.

Colloquial; Obsolete

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Inflected Forms

lockup houses (plural)

Questions

What does lockup house mean?
A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.

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