Refrigerator = jail?

[Jonathan Lighter]

The OED implies yes.

JL

James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at YAHOO.COM> wrote:
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So ice-boxes were commonly called refrigerators in the
19th century?


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> >Cf. syn. "cooler."
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> And 'ice-box'.
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> JG
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