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gray bar hotel

gray bar hotel is the alternative form of graybar hotel.

Meaning of graybar hotel

Noun

the graybar hotel

  1. (US, slang) Jail, prison.
    • Outside his cage were more bars, and, beyond them, narrow steel-bound windows looked out over Los Angeles from the fifteenth floor of the Hall of Justice. The trusties called it the Graybar Hotel, a modern fireproof establishment, with room service.1949, Ray Morrison, Angels Camp

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What is gray bar hotel the alternative form of?
Gray bar hotel is the alternative form of graybar hotel.

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