Watchhouses

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Watchhouse \Watch"house`\, n.; pl. {Watchhouses}.
     1. A house in which a watch or guard is placed.
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     2. A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police
        of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.


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