house of detention



black hole, borstal, brig, cell, concentration camp, dungeon, gaol, guardhouse, industrial school, jail, keep, labour camp, lock-up, pen, penal colony,









   piddle - beguile the time, burn daylight, consume time, dabble, dally, dawdle, diddle, dilly-dally, doodle, fiddle, fiddle with, fidget with, finger with, flirt, fool,

   in trim - fixed, in condition, in order, in shape, in the pink, taut, trim ,

   curdle the blood - alarm, disquiet, frighten, funk, scare, shake, spook, stagger, startle, unnerve ,

   rock to sleep - anaesthetize, appease, calm, compose, cool, cradle, dope, drug, dulcify, ease, entrance, even, gentle, hush, hypnotize,

   nose around - be curious, beat the bushes, burn with curiosity, burrow, delve, dig, dig around for, dig up, explore, forage, frisk, gape, gawk, go through, hunt,

   living sapphires - Lucifer, North Star, Phosphor, Venus, comet, lodestar, orb, pole star, sphere, star ,

   belly dancer - artist, artiste, burlesque queen, chorus boy, chorus girl, conjurer, dancer, dancing girl, entertainer, exotic dancer, female impersonator, geisha, geisha girl, hoofer, impersonator,

   fluted - chamfered, channelled, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, creased, crimped, cut, dog-eared, doubled, engraved, flexible, flounced, folded,

   injection - antitoxin, apogee, aside, attitude-control rocket, bag, ballistic capsule, bang, booster, booster dose, booster shot, brewing, burn, capsule, deck, deep-space ship,

   a la carte - cover, cover charge, ordinary, service ,