NOUN
- (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
How To Use house of correction In A Sentence
- So if he is not extremely vigilant throughout his house and grounds, he may be caught with a hundred dollar fine, OR be imprisoned three months in the House of Correction at the pleasure of the magistrate!! and for every subsequent offense may be _imprisoned in the House of Correction_ as much as one year, and then required to give security for obeying the law. Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887 Volume 1, Number 6
- The heritage centre building is a former house of correction built in 1791, one of only two surviving examples in the country.
- For my part, I find no application for such words as: gumphion: death's-head banner displayed at funerals; ergastulum: house of correction for Roman slaves; dob-dob: member of the hoodlum element in a lamasery; verbunkos: dance performed to persuade people to enlist in the Hungarian army. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol III No 4
