refrigerator n.
(US) a local jail.
 | Willimantic (CT) Chronicle 14 Mar. n.p.: A stranger named Patrick Grady in a drunken condition fell against a window in the European house Monday and refused to pay for the damage. [...] a fine of $2 and cost were imposed. He appealed from this decision and will await in the Brooklyn refrigerator judgement from the superior court at the May term. |