Newgate
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Definition
(noun.) a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902.
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Definition
n. a famous prison in London.—Newgate Calendar a list of Newgate prisoners with their crimes; Newgate frill or fringe a beard under the chin and jaw.
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Examples
- I also felt that I had committed every crime in the Newgate Calendar. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A very good name for the Newgate Calendar,' said Mr. Nupkins. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Damme, I'm as flat as a juryman; and should have gone to sleep, as fast as Newgate, if I hadn't had the good natur' to amuse this youngster. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I ordered my carriage to the debtors' door of Newgate. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- But 'worse' can never mean finding out that your husband is fit for Newgate, said Mrs. Hackbutt. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It brushes the Newgate cobwebs away, and pleases the Aged. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- How will he stand in the Newgate Calendar? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Turning into Cheapside and rattling up Newgate Street, we were soon under the walls of which I was so ashamed. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Up Newgate Street. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Next thing to it, returned Wemmick, I am going to Newgate. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- And if I invite all Newgate or all Bedlam here, by ------ they shall be welcome. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The cast was made in Newgate, directly after he was taken down. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The condemned felon has as good a yard for air and exercise in Newgate, as the insolvent debtor in the Marshalsea Prison. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Would you like to have a look at Newgate? Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- They hanged at Tyburn, in those days, so the street outside Newgate had not obtained one infamous notoriety that has since attached to it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
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