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Meanings of penitentiary in English
Usage of penitentiary in English
1
The effect is somewhere between Sixties modern, Louis Quinze and state penitentiary.
2
The great majority of the criminals in the penitentiary are young men.
3
The Atlanta penitentiary claims to be the most humane in the world.
4
A similar fraud was attempted at Columbus in sight of the penitentiary.
5
The Missouri penitentiary is located in the southern suburbs of Jefferson City.
6
This convict is now serving out his eighth term in the penitentiary.
7
My cousin's cache is in the state penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington.
8
While in the penitentiary he is cared for physically, mentally and spiritually.
9
Them two fellers' daddy died in the penitentiary last spring. The Hon.
10
I feel like that every time I drive past the women's penitentiary.
11
And I suppose your plan is to send me to the penitentiary.
12
If Delacollonge is the head of the penitentiary, Ambroise is its arm.
13
He has served, it is said, a term in a Pennsylvania penitentiary.
14
Yes, that's it; I knew it was something connected with a penitentiary.
15
I am now ready for my work-aninvestigation of the Missouri penitentiary.
16
Such a thing had never been known in the penitentiary's history before.
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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