stateprison
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]stateprison (plural stateprisons)
- (US, dated) A prison maintained by the state.
- 1841, William H. Seward, letter to Mr. Webster:
- On his way, under the care of the sheriff of Oswego county, to the stateprison, Lett made his escape, at the imminent peril of his life, by leaping from a railroad car while it was under full motion.
References
[edit]- “stateprison”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.