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(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.

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drunk tank

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(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.

Japanese Meaning

（俗語）公衆酔っぱらいで逮捕された者が、一時的に収容される施設。つまり、酔っ払いの状態が治まるまで一時拘留される場所。

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After the bar closed, he stumbled so badly that the police took him to the drunk tank.

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バーが閉まった後、彼はひどくふらつき、警察は彼を酔いを冷ますための留置場に連れて行った。

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(slang) A cell where people who have been arrested for public drunkenness are detained until they are sober.

[I]f you're honest enough you might end up in the drunk-tank 15 or 20 times and lose a few jobs and a wife or 2 or maybe slug somebody in the streets and sleep on a park bench now and then […].

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drunk tanks

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