Meaning of Bridewell | Babel Free

Definitions

A small prison, or a police station that has cells.

Ireland, capitalized, dated, sometimes

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Examples

“Others in the Bridewell heard him screaming. Even prison doctors could see. His injuries were not self-inflicted. Those who tipped the scales did not agree.”

“Two Fermanagh girls who never laughed were certain that he must have served time in a bridewell, so cold was his expression and so calloused his small hands.”

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