ice box

ice box
   1. American
   a prison
   Originally a cell used for solitary confinement, where you were sent to cool down. Also as ice-house:
    A prisoner went to the 'ice-box' or solitary... (Lavine, 1930)
    ... three days in the icehouse... (Chandler, 1953)
   2. American
   a mortuary
   This usage has survived the refrigeration of mortuaries:
    He's got seven stiffs down there in the ice box. (Diehl, 1978)

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