Big House

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• big house — big′ house n. Slang. sts a penitentiary (usu. prec. by the) • Etymology: 1915–20 …   From formal English to slang

• big house — ☆ big house or the n. Slang a penitentiary …   English World dictionary

• Big House — The Big House    Drame de George W. Hill, avec Chester Morris (Morgan), Wallace Beery (Butch), Robert Montgomery (Kent), Leila Hyams.   Scénario: Frances Marion   Photographie: Harold Wenstrom   Pays: États Unis   Date de sortie: 1930   Technique …   Dictionnaire mondial des Films

• big house — n. a state or federal penitentiary. □ It’s either go straight now or spend the rest of your life in the big house. □ Two years in the big house is like two years in a custom made hell …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

• big house —    American    a prison    Usually, as with big pasture or big school, for male convicts:     She has other worries besides trying to keep her ex lover out of the Big House. (Lavine, 1930)    The little school is usually for women or children… …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• big house — noun Usage: often capitalized B&H 1. : the outstanding residence of a locality; especially : the seat of the local magnate mother worked for years in the kitchen of the big house 2. slang …   Useful english dictionary

• big house — {n.} A large jail or prison. * /The rapist will spend many years in the big house./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• big house — {n.} A large jail or prison. * /The rapist will spend many years in the big house./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• big house — noun Prison, jail. He was 38 years old and had been in the big house twice for shooting scrapes …   Wiktionary

• big\ house — noun A large jail or prison. The rapist will spend many years in the big house …   Словарь американских идиом