bull pen

bull pen
1. Baseball.
a. a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game.
b. the relief pitchers on a team.
2. Informal.
a. a large cell or room, usually next to the courtroom, where prisoners are temporarily held.
b. a large room in an office occupied by many employees.
3. any temporary or crowded quarters, as sleeping quarters in a lumber camp.
4. a pen for a bull or bulls.
Also, bullpen.
[1800-10, Amer. for def. 4; 1920-25 for def. 1]

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bull pen noun
1. A pen for a bull
2. A similar enclosure for prisoners (US)
3. The part of a baseball ground where pitchers warm up
4. The pitchers on a baseball team who enter the game to relieve the starting pitcher
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Main Entry: ↑bull

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bull pen,
1. Baseball. a) a place outside the playing limits in which baseball relief pitchers warm up during a game. b) the relief pitchers on a baseball team: »

a strong bull pen.

2. Slang. a) a temporary prison. b) a room in a jail or adjoining a court where a number of prisoners are temporarily confined together. c) a jail of any kind.
3. a pen for a bull or bulls.
4. U.S. Slang. any room or section of a building used by unassigned or reserve members of an office force.
5. U.S. Slang. the bunk room of a lumber camp.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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