English
Etymology
From Latin American Sp. juzgao, variant of standard Spanish term|juzgado||court, courthouse.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�hu�sga�/

Noun
en-noun

#context|US|slang A jail.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 424:
#*:There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.

es:hoosegow
vi:hoosegow
zh:hoosegow

• 2007-12-02 13:34 - Widsith - /* English */

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