lockup house (English, noun)
expansion: lockup house (plural lockup houses)
Senses:
glosses: A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.
tags: historical
glosses: A lodging house where men are kept and forced to enlist in the army or navy.
tags: colloquial
historical
obsolete
Forms:
form: lockup houses
tags: plural