Gray bar motel
noun phrase
Jail; prison: These days, the Gray Bar Motel is a synonym for ”the bucket,” which means jail
[1990s+ Los Angeles police; said to have been the name of the Lincoln Heights police station; a place displaying gray prison bars; earlier terms like Graybar Hotel and Graystone College are found by the 1930s]
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