spong|ing house

spong|ing house
spong|ing house «SPUHN jihng»,
a building formerly maintained by a sheriff's officer in England for the temporary confinement of debtors, from which a person could obtain release through the satisfaction of his creditor or creditors, or be committed to prison.

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