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joint

noun
  1. A point or position at which two or more things are joined: connection, coupling, junction, juncture, seam, union. See connect
  2. Slang. A disreputable or run-down bar or restaurant: Slang: dive, honky-tonk. See good
  3. Slang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen 3. Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, jug, pokey 1, slammer, stir 2. Chiefly Regional: calaboose. See free
adjective
Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike: common, communal, conjoint, general, mutual, public. See group

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