Australian English Meaning of bridewell
bridewell
Other Australian English words related to bridewell
- jail
- Penitentiary
- prison
- Bastille
- big house
- brig
- cage
- Gaol
- clink
- cooler
- chicken coop
- Guardroom
- hock
- jail
- jailhouse
- jug
- lockup
- pen
- slow
- slammer
- stockade
- tollbooth
- block
- can
- Cell
- Concentration camp
- dungeon
- Glasshouse
- guardhouse
- Gulag
- hold
- hole
- joint
- keep
- Labour camp
- Nick
- oubliette
- Prison camp
- because
- reformatory
- slam
- Stalag
- stir
- Tank
- Ward
- Work camp
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Definitions and Meaning of bridewell in English
bridewell (n.)
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse.
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bridewell
A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, whi
jail,Penitentiary,prison,Bastille,big house,brig,cage,Gaol,clink,cooler
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bride-to-be => bride-to-be, bridestake => bride steal, bridesmen => groomsman, bridesman => Groomsman, best man, bridesmaid => Bridesmaid,
