centrouse

French

Etymology

From French centrale with the slang suffix -ouse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.tʁuz/

Noun

centrouse f (plural centrouses)

1. (prison) a prison for inmates with long-term sentences
   • 1896, Georges Delesalle, Dictionnaire argot-Français & Français-argot‎^[1], P. Ollendorff, page XIX:

     ...j’ai été pigé et sapé à cinq berges de centrouse, malade pendant une longe, j’ai fait la cavale.

     ...I was caught & sentenced to five years in the big house, [I was] sick for a year, I ran away.

Variants

• centrouze