subs. (common).—1.  A prison: see CAGE and STIR. Also as in quot. 1823.

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  1823.  BADCOCK (‘Jon Bee’), Dictionary of the Turf, etc., s.v. PARK. … The PARK is also the rules or privileged circuit round the king’s bench or fleet. ‘The PARK is well stocked,’ when many prisoners have obtained the rules.

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  1847.  HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v.

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  2.  (common).—A back yard; a strip of town-garden.

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