单词 | hoosegow |
释义 | hoosegown. U.S. slang. Prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] quarternOE prisona1200 jailc1275 lodgec1290 galleya1300 chartrea1325 ward1338 keepingc1384 prison-house1419 lying-house1423 javel1483 tollbooth1488 kidcotec1515 clinkc1530 warding-place1571 the hangman's budget1589 Newgate1592 gehenna1594 Lob's pound1597 caperdewsie1599 footman's inn1604 cappadochio1607 pena1640 marshalsea1652 log-house1662 bastille1663 naskin1673 state prison1684 tronk1693 stone-doublet1694 iron or stone doublet1698 college1699 nask1699 quod1699 shop1699 black hole1707 start1735 coop1785 blockhouse1796 stone jug1796 calaboose1797 factory1806 bull-pen1809 steel1811 jigger1812 jug1815 kitty1825 rock pile1830 bughouse1842 zindan1844 model1845 black house1846 tench1850 mill1851 stir1851 hoppet1855 booby hatch1859 caboose1865 cooler1872 skookum house1873 chokey1874 gib1877 nick1882 choker1884 logs1888 booby house1894 big house1905 hoosegow1911 can1912 detention camp1916 pokey1919 slammer1952 joint1953 slam1960 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). < n.1911 |
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