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What is a bridewell?

What is a bridewell? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (dated in Britain, rare elsewhere) A small prison, or a police station that has cells.
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Mr Lyons' parents, John and Sheila, visited him in the Bridewell and said he was completely disorientated, swaying and slurring his words.
Liverpool's bridewell is as an unsightly a place as a bridewell can be.
They were hauled off to the barracks, spent the night in the bridewell, and the next day were convicted.
Before the prison was built, the site was occupied by the Palace of the bridewell.
To this it was remarked, that they were only fit for bridewell.
Bridewell prison in Liverpool has experienced the same ghoulish fate, its bedrooms even decorated with artworks by famous ex-cons.

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