big house

[ big hous ]

noun

, Slang.

1. Usually the big house. a penitentiary.

Word History and Origins

Origin of big house¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

They had a big house with a swimming pool and often used to entertain their extended family during the summer holidays.

From BBC

It appears that she found work as a nanny with a wealthy family in a big house in the suburbs of New York but lost the job as the US sank into depression after the Wall Street Crash.

From BBC

During a Zoom call from the sun-drenched porch of her Nashville home, she says her affiliation with the Big House Family was an open secret with castmates by the time she was able to extricate herself from it in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times

In “Dinner for Vampires,” she writes about workshopping a musical based on Nicholas Sparks’ “The Notebook” — not the version that is currently playing on Broadway — that she was forced to give up at the behest of the Big House Family.

From Los Angeles Times

They drive away from this big house together, and they go back to Finsbury Park and we watch them, like, make dinner that night or order a delivery that night.

From Los Angeles Times