centrouse

French

Etymology

From French centrale with the slang suffix -ouse.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɑ̃.tʁuz/

Noun

centrouse f (plural centrouses)

  1. (prison) a prison for inmates with long-term sentences
    • 1896, Georges Delesalle, Dictionnaire argot-Français & Français-argot‎[1], P. Ollendorff, page XIX:
      ...j'ai été pigé et sapé à cinq berges de centrouse, malade pendant une longe, j'ai fait la cavale.
      ...I was caught & sentenced to five years in the big house, [I was] sick for a year, I ran away.

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