the big house



the big house

n. a state or federal penitentiary. Two years in the big house is like two years in a custom-made hell.
See also: big, house

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
ByronBIE-rənEnglish
Konstanze-German
Mahin-Persian
BurkhartBOORK-hahrt (German)German, Ancient Germanic
ÍRis-Portuguese, Icelandic
Kara (1)-English