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Hoosegow
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2012/08/13
8:36am
Grant Barrett
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Lock the bad guys up in the hoosegow! This slang term for a jail comes from the Spanish juzgado, meaning tribunal. It's an etymological relative of the English words judge and judicial. This is part of a complete episode.

2012/08/16
6:36am
makfan
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This word showed up in a Crossword earlier this week.

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