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hoosegow

Noun

hoose=gow

WORDNET DICTIONARY

is a kind of clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer

hoosegow, n. [from Mexican Sp. jusgado jail, from Sp. juzgado court of justice.].

a jail. [WordNet 1.5]

hoosegow, n. US sl. a prison.

Etymology

Amer. Sp. juzgao, Sp. juzgado tribunal f. L judicatum neut. past part. of judicare JUDGE

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