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