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The clink

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1530, OED Evaluation: N/A

The name of a noted prison in Southwark; later used elsewhere (esp. in Devon and Cornwall) for a small and dismal prison or prison-cell, a lock-up. Now used generally for: prison, cells.

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I guess his- he's got a dry sense of humour. Ah Uncle-Bambi, well he had his own friends and he didn't- wasn't a drinker and unfortunately, my younger brother Bernardo, he wanted to be like me and he got into more trouble and girlfriend troubles and- and he had- few times there we had to go pick him out of the clink there drunk.
Prison