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jailyards

jailyards is the plural of jailyard.

Meaning of jailyard

Noun

jailyard (plural jailyards)

  1. A yard adjoining a prison.
    • Once the Supreme Court affirmed Utah’s right to eradicate him by rifle, Wilkerson was let into a jailyard where he declined to be blindfolded.2008 April 23, Gilbert King, “Cruel and Unusual History”, in New York Times

Questions about jailyards

What is jailyards the plural of?
Jailyards is the plural of jailyard.

Words near jailyards in the dictionary

  1. jailtime
  2. jailward
  3. jailwards
  4. jailwear
  5. jailyard
  6. jailyards
  7. Jaime
  8. Jaimes
  9. Jaimeses
  10. Jaimez
  11. Jaimezes

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