calaboose

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cal·a·boose

C0023100 (kăl′ə-bo͞os′)n. Chiefly Southern & Western US A jail.

[Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo, dungeon.]

calaboose

(ˈkæləˌbuːs) ninformal US a prison; jail[C18: from Creole French, from Spanish calabozo dungeon, of unknown origin]

cal•a•boose

(ˈkæl əˌbus, ˌkæl əˈbus)

n. Slang. jail; prison. [1785–95, Amer.; (< North American French) < Sp calabozo dungeon]

Thesaurus

calaboose

nounChiefly Regional. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison.Informal: lockup, pen.Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey, slammer, stir.

Translations

calaboose

slang Jail. The word comes from "calabozo," the Spanish word for "dungeon." They'll throw you in the calaboose if they find out that you were involved in the robbery!

calaboose

(ˈkæləbus) n. jail. (From a Spanish word.) Are we going to tell what happened, or are we going to spend the night in the calaboose?

单词	calaboose
释义	calaboose enUK cal·a·boose C0023100 (kăl′ə-bo͞os′)n. Chiefly Southern & Western US A jail. [Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo, dungeon.] calaboose (ˈkæləˌbuːs) ninformal US a prison; jail[C18: from Creole French, from Spanish calabozo dungeon, of unknown origin] cal•a•boose (ˈkæl əˌbus, ˌkæl əˈbus) n. Slang. jail; prison. [1785–95, Amer.; (< North American French) < Sp calabozo dungeon] Thesaurus calaboose nounChiefly Regional. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention:brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison.Informal: lockup, pen.Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey, slammer, stir. Translations calaboose enUK calaboose slang Jail. The word comes from "calabozo," the Spanish word for "dungeon." They'll throw you in the calaboose if they find out that you were involved in the robbery! calaboose (ˈkæləbus) n. jail. (From a Spanish word.) Are we going to tell what happened, or are we going to spend the night in the calaboose? calaboose enUK Related to calaboose: blackbirded noun Synonyms for calaboose noun a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention Synonyms brig house of correction jail keep penitentiary prison lockup pen big house can clink cooler coop hoosegow joint jug pokey slammer stir
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noun a place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention

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