Definitions
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- adjective Resembling or characteristic of a
prison
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- adjective resembling a prison
Etymologies
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Examples
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But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.
Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011
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But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.
Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011
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But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.
Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011
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After one of these in May, he was moved to the supposedly secure ward called Dudley Venables House, which Henry, Jan, and I feared because it would be more prisonlike than the rest of the hospital.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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After one of these in May, he was moved to the supposedly secure ward called Dudley Venables House, which Henry, Jan, and I feared because it would be more prisonlike than the rest of the hospital.
Henry’s Demons Patrick Cockburn 2011
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But life behind high walls sounds as much prisonlike as privileged - Mubarak's hardly preparing to go snorkeling or gambling, the main diversions here.
Where is Egypt's Hosni Mubarak? Kathy Lally 2011
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In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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In the countryside, masses of slaves worked on farms, often in chains, usually locked up for the night in prisonlike barracks.
The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009
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