Crossword clues for calaboose
calaboose
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calaboose \Cal`a*boose"\, n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] ||
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"prison," 1792, American English, from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo "dungeon," probably from Vulgar Latin *calafodium, from pre-Roman *cala "protected place, den" + Latin fodere "to dig" (see fossil).
Wiktionary
n. (context US dialect English) A prison or gaol/jail.
Wikipedia
Calaboose is a 1943 sequel to Dudes are Pretty People (1942), a Western film featurette from " Hal Roach's Streamliners," a series of approximately 50-minute comedic movies, in this case directed by Hal Roach, Jr. and starring Jimmy Rogers as "Jimmy" and Noah Beery, Jr. as "Pidge Crosby" (Beery's real-life nickname was "Pidge"). The film runs 45 minutes and features Mary Brian in the supporting cast. Another sequel followed later the same year, with Rogers and Beery playing the same characters, entitled Prairie Chickens.
Usage examples of "calaboose".
Jimmy Finn was not burned in the calaboose, but died a natural death in a tan vat, of a combination of delirium tremens and spontaneous combustion.
An hour or two afterward, the man was arrested and locked up in the calaboose by the marshal--large name for a constable, but that was his title.
The man set fire to the calaboose with those very matches, and burnt himself up.
Just off Calaboose Hill, the tiny Government schooner rides almost permanently at anchor, marks eight bells in the morning (there or thereabout) with the unfurling of her flag, and salutes the setting sun with the report of a musket.
The Residency stands by itself, Calaboose Hill screening it from the fringe of town along the further bay.
On the summit of its promontory hill, the calaboose stands all day with doors and window-shutters open to the trade.
The Residency stands by itself, Calaboose Hill screening it from the fringe of town along the further bay.
On the summit of its promontory hill, the calaboose stands all day with doors and window-shutters open to the trade.
Why don't you just cart him off to calaboose and give him a couple of months to think about whether he really wants to kill the King?
Then I'd tell House just enough so he'd be waiting for Von Horst, and while he was carting Von Horst off to the calaboose, I'd use the plan to help myself to a couple of generous handfuls of the Crown Jewels and finally get around to building me a tabernacle worthy of my preaching talents.
Crush right quick, and he started jabbering something in Spanish and pointing at me, and by the time I'd finished taking a couple of bows and walked back to the dressing room there were a passel of police waiting there for me, and they took me down to the local calaboose and I spent the night there, still in my bullfighting outfit.
Just let him be sent to the calaboose a few times, and thoroughly dressed down!
If he believes the Bible, he ought to have gone to the calaboose and cleaned that man up and taken care of him.