jailcell

jailcell

See also: jail cell

English

Noun

jailcell (plural jailcells)

1. Alternative form of jail cell
   • 1983, Carolina Quarterly, Volumes 36-37, page 87:

     The elevator arrived with a wheeze — one of those old-time jailcell-looking cages.

   • 1996, West's Hawaii Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court, Intermediate Court of Appeals, Volume 79, page 11:

     Grattafiori moved to have his jailcell statements suppressed, […]

   • 2013, Brian Panhuyzen, The Sky Manifest, ECW Press (2013), →ISBN, page 134:

     But who now languished in a jailcell with a split pate while his foe sped away into the night?

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:jailcell.