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Answer for the clue "A slang term for a jail ", 8 letters:
hoosegow

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hoosegow \hoosegow\, hoosgow \hoosgow\n. [from Mexican Sp. jusgado jail, from Sp. juzgado court of justice.] a jail. [U. S. western slang]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context US slang English) A jail.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a slang term for a jail [syn: hoosgow ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"jail," 1911, western U.S., probably from mispronunciation of Mexican Spanish juzgao "tribunal, court," from juzgar "to judge," used as a noun, from Latin judicare "to judge," which is related to judicem (see judge (v.)).

Usage examples of hoosegow.

Anatole, fresh out of the hoosegow, met us in Brazzaville and they drove straight back home to Kinshasa.

It's a beautiful modern hoosegow with a terrace where the prisoners take their constitutionals every day.

A photograph that would have run prominently in every newspaper in the free world: Mickey welcomes Nicky home from the Commie hoosegow!