Jailhouse

Definition: Jailhouse

Jailhouse

Noun

1. A correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence).

Date "jailhouse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1960. (references)

Synonyms: Jailhouse

Synonyms: clink (n), gaol (n), jail (n), slammer (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Jailhouse

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Jailhouse informant. (For the People; writing credit: Sheryl J. Anderson; Suzanne Fitzpatrick)
Movie/TV Titles	Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Song Titles	Jailhouse Rock (performing artist: The Residents)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jailhouse

Domain	Title
Books	Jailhouse Rock: The Bootleg Records of Elvis Presley, 1970-1983 (reference) Jailhouse Journalism: The Fourth Estate Behind Bars (reference) Ninety Days for Life: The Jailhouse Journal of "Operation Rescue" Internee, Fred W. Kerr (reference) Chopper 5 : pulp faction : revenge of the rabbit kisser and other jailhouse stories (reference) The Jailhouse Rocked: And 50 Other Bible Stories for Elementary Children (Just Add Kids) (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Jailhouse

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Usage Frequency: Jailhouse

"Jailhouse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Jailhouse" is used about 16 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	50%	8	124,375
Noun (proper)	43.75%	7	133,076
Noun (common)	6.25%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	16	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jailhouse

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
jailhouse rock	70	jailhouse lyrics sublime	5
jailhouse lyrics rock	29	floor found i jailhouse jesus	5
jailhouse inn	11	babe jailhouse	5
in jailhouse now	11	jailhouse girl	5
jailhouse tattoo	10	elvis jailhouse rock	4
jailhouse rock elvis presley	9	hes in jailhouse now	3
jailhouse	8	jailhouse rock tab	3
inn jailhouse newport ri	7	jailhouse sex	3
jailhouse workout	7	in jailhouse lyrics now	3
jailhouse lawyer	6	elvis jailhouse lyrics presley rock	2
chick jailhouse	5	elvis jailhouse quote rock	2
jailhouse inn newport	5	jailhouse paintball	2
jailhouse rock song	5	cafe jailhouse	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Jailhouse

Language		Translations for "jailhouse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		监狱 (jail, Prison). (various references)

German		Gefängnis (gaol, imprisonment, jail, jail house, penitentiary, prison). (various references)

Hungarian		dutyi (booby-hatch, calaboose, cells, jail, jug, lockup, nick, quad, quod, zoo), börtön (can, cells, confine, coop, gaol, hold, hoosegow, jail, jug, limbo, lockup, penitentiary, prison, prison house, quad, quod, stir, stockade). (various references)

Pig Latin		ailhousejay

Swedish		fängelse (bagnio, calaboose, can, clink, gaol, hold, imprisonment, jail, jug, limbo, Nick, pen, penitentiary, prison, prison house). (various references)

Thai		คุก (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (tank). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Jailhouse

Derivations
	Words beginning with "jailhouse": jailhouses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Jailhouse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Geilhausen. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Jailhouse"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "jailhouse" (pronounced jā"lhou's)
5	-ā" l h ou' s	alehouse.
4	-l h ou' s	dollhouse, schoolhouse.
3	-h ou' s	boardinghouse, boathouse, clearinghouse, clubhouse, coffeehouse, courthouse, doghouse, farmhouse, firehouse, greenhouse, guesthouse, henhouse, hothouse, lighthouse, longhouse, madhouse, outhouse, packinghouse, penthouse, Playhouse, poorhouse, powerhouse, roadhouse, roundhouse, slaughterhouse, statehouse, steakhouse, storehouse, townhouse, warehouse, whorehouse.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Jailhouse

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-j-l-o-s-u"
	-1 letter: jalousie.
	-2 letters: jealous.
	-3 letters: haloes, haoles, helios, holies, housel, isohel, jouals, joules, lehuas, louies, sheila.
	-4 letters: aisle, aloes, hails, hajes, hajis, hales, halos, haole, hauls, heals, heils, helio, helos, hilus, hoise, holes, hosel, house, hulas, ileus, jails, jehus, joles, joual, joule, leash, lehua, lieus, louie, louis, louse, ohias, ousel, sajou, selah, shale, shaul, sheal.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-j-l-o-s-u"
	+1 letter: jailhouses.
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