Associations to the word «Lockup»
Noun
Adjective
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Wiktionary
LOCKUP, noun. (slang) A jail cell.
LOCKUP, noun. (UK) (chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
Dictionary definition
LOCKUP, noun. Jail in a local police station.
LOCKUP, noun. The act of locking something up to protect it.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.