bullpen (n.)

  1. a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game

  2. a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily

    [ Syn: detention cell , detention centre ]

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