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crowbar hotel

crowbar hotel proper noun: jail.

Proper noun

the crowbar hotel

  1. (slang) Jail.
    • Many unfortunate suckers, finding themselves losers, even in an honest game, became obstreperous, and the services of the bouncer, or even of a resident gunhand, might be required to pacify them, after which the complainant would be hauled to the crowbar hotel to recover enough of his equanimity to...1981, Watson Parker, Deadwood: The Golden Years, University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 190
    • Correctional Services Minister Nick Leluk often refers to his "guests" in his chain of "hotels". What do these guests have to do to earn their keep in Ontario's crowbar hotels?1983 October 21, Orland French, “Gnomes grind out the gems”, in The Globe and Mail, Canada

Questions about crowbar hotel

What does crowbar hotel mean?
Crowbar hotel means jail.
What part of speech is crowbar hotel?
Crowbar hotel is a proper noun.

Words near crowbar hotel in the dictionary

  1. crow-trodden
  2. Crowan
  3. crowbait
  4. crowbaits
  5. crowbar
  6. crowbar hotel
  7. crowbarred
  8. crowbarring
  9. crowbars
  10. crowberries
  11. crowberry

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