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单词 hoosegow
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hoosegown.

Brit. /ˈhuːsɡaʊ/, U.S. /ˈhusˌɡaʊ/
Etymology: < South American Spanish or Mexican Spanish juzgao = juzgado tribunal < Latin jūdicātum , past participle of jūdicāre to judge v.
U.S. slang.
Prison.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun]
quarternOE
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jigger1812
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bughouse1842
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cooler1872
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chokey1874
gib1877
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choker1884
logs1888
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big house1905
hoosegow1911
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slammer1952
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1911 Pop. Mag. 15 May 104/1 No thanks for th' little lady savin' th' bunch of you from th' ‘hoose-gow’.
1920 Public Opinion 3 Dec. 560/3 Only the keeper and the kept in the hoosegow knew it.
1927 ‘J. Barbican’ Confessions Rum-runner iv. 47 I have had one dose of the hoosegow, and I can tell you I don't want any more.
1937 J. Worby Other Half x. 99 We soon got to the hoose-gow and I was once again frisked for weapons.
1940 P. G. Wodehouse Quick Service xix. 237 This guy Weatherby is a right guy, and he doesn't go to any hoosegow, not while I have my strength.
1955 Beaver Autumn 4 They would cheerfully accept ten years in the hoosegow before they would again face Ole the Terror.
1963 J. Joesten They call it Intelligence vi. xxxiii. 293 Since he had already spent..much time in the hoosegow..he was..set free.
1973 D. Ramsay Deadly Discretion 163 I'm not going to answer any questions... Okay. Off we go to the hoosegow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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