A Dimple in the Tomb — New York City Prison

A Dimple in the Tomb ¹
Makes that ferocious Room
A Home－

(F.1522/J.1489)

[1] Tomb:: a cell in the Tombs, nickname of the New York City prison.
[2] ferocious Room:: a prison cell.

At New York, in the Broadway, an ordinary man may find elbow-room; but Boz is no ordinary man, and accordingly for a little seclusion is glad to pay a visit to the famous Prison called the Tombs. ─ The New Monthly Magazine (1842)