coop
coop / ko͞op
noun 1. a pen; a hen house; a small cage You need a plan for everything, whether it's building a cathedral or a chicken coop. John Goddard, 1924 – 2013 2. a small, cramped space THE stir of children with fresh dresses on, And men who meet and say unguarded words, And women from the coops Of drudgeries released; From "A Saint" by Padraic Colum, 1881 – 1972 3. (slang) a prison or jail There’s good business all around, even for the police who charge several hundred dollars every time a guy gets through in the coop for getting too drunk. Marc H. Meyer, “The Newest Gold Rush”, ‘The Harvard Crimson’, www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/1/18/the-newest-gold-rush-pbtbhere-are, January 18, 1977 verb 1. to keep caged or confined in a small area Now and then a man exquisitely made can live alone, and must; but coop up most men and you undo them. Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803 - 1882