CELL
NOUNS
1300 ► DUNG an underground prison cell; a deep, dark vault; a dungeon → obs.
1362 ► CABIN a cell, as in a convent or prison → obs.
1690 ► LITTLE EASE a prison cell too small to permit the person occupying it to assume a comfortable position → obs.
1834 ► BOX a prison cell; a lockup; hence, a jail, prison, or stockade → Amer. sl.
1872 ► COOLER a police cell; a punishment or solitary confinement cell → sl., orig. US
1890 ► PETER a prison cell; a cell in a police station, etc. → sl., orig. Aust.
1896 ► CELL 13 a padded cell → Amer. sl.
1908 ► BOOB a prison cell → sl., orig. US
1909 ► DRUM a cell → UK sl.
1912 ► THE TANK a large cell in a police station → US sl.
1914 ► CAN a cell; a place of confinement; a prison → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1917 ► MUSH a cell or guardroom → sl.
1920 ► ICEBOX a solitary confinement cell → Can. & US prison sl.
1930 ► CAGE a holding cell in a police station or jail → US criminals’ sl.
1936 ► DUMMY the punishment cell in a prison → NZ sl.
1940 ► PADS a padded cell → UK prison sl.
1943 ► PAD a prison cell; a padded cell → US criminals’ sl.
1949 ► APARTMENT a prison cell → US sl.
1950 ► SLOT a prison cell → prison sl.
1960 ► JUNK TANK a cell reserved for drug abusers and alcoholics → US police sl.
1962 ► ALKY TANK a holding cell in a jail reserved for drunk prisoners → US sl.
1980 ► ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL a cell → Aust. prison rhyming sl.
1996 ► GAFF a prison cell → UK sl.
VERBS
1901 ► CELL to live in a cell; to share a cell → Amer. prison sl.
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