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Newgate

DEFINITIONS OF: Newgate

1

n a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902

Example of:
prison, prison house
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
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