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Definition of drunk tank noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

drunk tank

noun
 
/ˈdrʌŋk tæŋk/
 
/ˈdrʌŋk tæŋk/
 (especially North American English, informal, humorous)
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  1. a place where people are put by the police because they are drunk
    • He spent the night in the drunk tank.
    • The police left the teenagers in the drunk tank.
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