calaboose
Small-town slammer
A calaboose is a jail, especially a small local lockup.
The word comes from Spanish and was once common in the American South and West but now sounds old-fashioned or humorous: They threw the drunk in the calaboose overnight.
It suggests a ramshackle frontier jail rather than a modern detention facility.
Temporary detention facility
- hoosegowSlang for jail
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- holding cellTemporary detention room
- brigShipboard detention quarters
stockade · gaol · clink · slammer · poky · guardhouse · dungeon · penitentiary
Edge of settlement
- westernOf the sunset side
- saloonDrinking establishment, often frontier
- outlawFugitive from justice
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
wanted poster · bounty · rustler · stagecoach · cowboy · lawman · marshal · sheriff
Legal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
- confinementState of being restricted
- captivityState of being confined
lockdown · internment · restraint · containment · behind bars · doing time · locked up · held
lockup
Temporary detention facility
- hoosegowSlang for jail
- cellblockPrison housing unit
- holding cellTemporary detention room
brig · stockade · gaol · clink · slammer · poky · guardhouse · dungeon · penitentiary · big house
frontier
Edge of settlement
gunslinger · wanted poster · bounty · rustler · stagecoach · cowboy · lawman · marshal · sheriff · hangman
imprisonment
Legal detention in jail
- detentionTemporary official holding
- custodyProtective care or control
- confinementState of being restricted
captivity · lockdown · internment · restraint · containment · behind bars · doing time · locked up · held · confined
jailer
Prison guard
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
marshal · guard · turnkey · corrections officer · lawman · constable · bailiff
prisoner
Confined criminal detainee
- detaineePerson held in custody
- convictJailed offender after trial
- jailbirdRepeat offender serving time
inmate · cellmate · lifer · outlaw · lawbreaker · offender · desperado · miscreant · felon
calaboosefreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free world · outside · release · emancipation
calabooseoutdoors
In open air
outside · open air · wide open spaces · the wild · wilderness