bull pen
or bullpen
Baseball.
a place where relief pitchers warm up during a game.
the relief pitchers on a team.
Informal.
a large cell or room, usually next to the courtroom, where prisoners are temporarily held.
a large room in an office occupied by many employees.
any temporary or crowded quarters, as sleeping quarters in a lumber camp.
a pen for a bull or bulls.
Origin of bull pen
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How to use bull pen in a sentence
The company had gathered about the bull-pen, pressing closely against the barrier, that they might lose no part of the show.
The Doomsman | Van Tassel SutphenUnlock him at seven in the morning, and let him come to the bull-pen.
Roads of Destiny | O. HenryHis imagination travelled on beyond the bull-pen, to the shabby dance-halls along the river.
Children of the Desert | Louis DodgeWesley Everest was taken to the city jail and thrown without ceremony upon the cement floor of the "bull pen."
The Centralia Conspiracy | Ralph Chaplin"We can't stand another campaign," said a rebel deserter at the bull pen.
A Boy Trooper With Sheridan | Stanton P. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for bullpen
/ (ˈbʊlˌpɛn) /
US informal a large cell where prisoners are confined together temporarily
baseball a part of a baseball field where relief pitchers warm up
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