Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) imprisoned.

1912

Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Sept. 52/1: Mr. ‘Enery’ Bingham, ‘pushite,’ factory worker, walked down the old familiar alley for the first time in six months. To tell the truth ‘Enery’ had been ‘High and Dry’ for that enforced, period at the expense of an impartial government.