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▸ noun: Alternative form of sponging-house [(historical) A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtor's prison.]
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▸ noun: Alternative form of sponging-house [(historical) A place of temporary confinement for debtors, kept by a bailiff, where debtors were sponged of all money they had on themselves, before being transferred to debtor's prison.]
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sponging-house,
spunging-house,
lockup house,
house,
big house,
boarding house,
housage,
poorhouse,
house of correction,
house of detention,
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