lock-up

See also: lockup and lock up

English

Etymology

Deverbal from lock up

Noun

lock-up (plural lock-ups)

  1. Alternative form of lockup.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 68:
      At the top of George Street the Bear Inn, once the court house, has detached 17th-century columns supporting the upper floor. Close by is the old lock-up, dated 1824.

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