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- noun Plural form of
gaol . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gaol .
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Examples
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Colonial and even post-Revolutionary imprisonment featured small, stark, stank and drafty jail cells, the so-called gaols, derived from the Latin word for "cage."
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"There are currently 12 Australian prisoners in Thai gaols and this represents an important step in the Government's commitment to implement the transfer of prisoner scheme with Thailand".
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Harry has been quoted numerous times about how hard he's doing in Thai gaols, fifty men to a cell, and so forth.
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And all of the owners had sat in English gaols and hulks utterly wasted.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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And all of the owners had sat in English gaols and hulks utterly wasted.
Morgan’s Run Colleen McCullough 2000
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"I have also heard that in order to achieve the same end one of your gaols has been the scene of a scandal which has outraged every divine and human law."
The Eternal City Hall Caine 1892
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The "gaols" bill was temporarily continued: the repairs of the Castle of St. Lewis having cost £14,980, instead of £7,000, as contemplated, the additional outlay was voted;
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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Giving up 4 gaols is bad defending, and it takes 15 minutes at most to construct these four gaols.
Judges have a blindspot whenever destroyers like Vidic play a blinder | Rob Bagchi 2011
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From the working class streets of Glasgow as a wee lad to the gaols of fascist Spain as an 18-year-old anarchist, Christie draws his readers into the thick of things, on the move and on the run.
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From the working class streets of Glasgow as a wee lad to the gaols of fascist Spain as an 18-year-old anarchist, Christie draws his readers into the thick of things, on the move and on the run.
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