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hoosegow

  • /ˈhuːsɡaʊ/

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From informal spoken American Spanish juzgao, variant of standard Spanish juzgado (“court, courthouse”).

noun hoosegows · hoosgow · hoosecow · hooscow

  1. US, slang A jail. There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.

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"hoosegow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hoosegow. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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hoosegow. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hoosegow

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"hoosegow." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hoosegow.

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@misc{hoosegow_2026,
  title = {hoosegow},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hoosegow},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}