Wakefield

See also: wakefield

English

Proper noun

Wakefield

  1. An industrial city in northern England; traditionally a centre for the cloth industry.
  2. A habitational surname​.
  3. Shorthand for the prison in Wakefield, established 1594.
    1. Being sent to Wakefield is used for meaning being sent to prison. (English Dialect Dictionary part 6 (1905), Joseph Wright, page 364)

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