la

feminine

/tol/

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Translation

nick, prison (slang)

Word origin

A slang spelling of tôle ('sheet metal'), first used of a cheap room or lodging house and then of a cell.

Origin: French
Root: tôle

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluraltaules

Examples

He did five years inside.

Prison changes a man.

She gets out of prison tomorrow morning.

The prisons are full.

, '.

If you carry on, prison is waiting for you.

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This word is part of lesson 48.