hoosegow

(hūs'gou')
n. Slang
A jail.

[Spanish juzgado, tribunal, courtroom, from past participle of juzgar, to judge, from Latin iūdicāre, from iūdex, iūdic-, judge. See judge.]

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A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal lockup, pen³. Slang big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, joint, jug, pokey¹, slammer, stir². Chiefly Regional calaboose. See free/unfree.

noun
/'hu:sgaυ/ /'hu:sgaυ/
noun, US

A prison. (1911 —) .
D. Ramsay I'm not going to answer any questions....Okay. Off we go to the hoosegow (1973).

[From American Spanish juzgao, Spanish juzgado tribunal, from Latin judicatum, neuter past participle of judicare to judge.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fængsel

Nederlands (Dutch)
de bak, bajes

Français (French)
n. - taule

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Slang) Gefängnis

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) φυλακή, στενή

Italiano (Italian)
gattabuia, prigione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - prisão (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
каталажка

Español (Spanish)
n. - chirona, gayola

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fängelse, arrest, offentlig toalett

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
监狱拘留所

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 監獄拘留所

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 형무소, 옥외 변소

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ムショ, 屋外便所, 刑務所

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) سجن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮"קלבוש", בית סוהר‬

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