Etymology

hoosegow

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Today it means: A jail. Full definition →

Spanish juzgao
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  1. Spanish · borrowed fromjuzgao
  2. English todayhoosegow

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.