What does prisonous mean?
Prisonous means (obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison..
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(obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison..
Their sloping ceilings, cumbrous rusty locks and grates, and heavy wooden bins and beams, slowly mouldering withal, had a prisonous look, and he had the haggard face of a prisoner.
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Prisonous means (obsolete) Resembling or characteristic of a prison..
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Their sloping ceilings, cumbrous rusty locks and grates, and heavy wooden bins and beams, slowly mouldering withal, had a prisonous look, and he had the haggard face of a prisoner.
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