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Definition of the big house noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

the big house

noun
 
/ðə ˈbɪɡ haʊs/
 
/ðə ˈbɪɡ haʊs/
[singular] (US English, informal)
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  1. prison
    • He got twenty years in the big house.
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