Clinks

/klɪŋks/ noun, verb

Metallic ringing sounds; or slang for jails or prisons.

As a sound, from onomatopoeia (imitating the sound itself). As slang for prison, British origin, possibly from the Clink prison in Southwark, London (dating back to the 1500s).

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