wet cell
n.— «Capt. Mike Sanders, Bannock County Sheriff’s Office: “We refer to them as wet cells, because they have a sink and a toilet; there’s a common shower, which is regulated; there’s constitutional requirements, like a certain amount of sunshine, that type of thing.» —“Bott-Graham Awaits Sentence” KPVI-TV (Pocatello, Idaho) Oct. 26, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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