4 June 2016

hoosegow or hoosgow

[hoos-gou]

noun, Slang.

1. a jail.

Origin of hoosegow

Mexican Spanish, Latin

1860-1865, Americanism; < Mexican Spanish jusgado jail ( Spanish: court of justice, orig. past participle of juzgar to judge) < Latin jūdicātum, equivalent to jūdic- (stem of jūdex) judge + -ātum -ate1

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Examples from the Web for hoosegow

Historical Examples

The next thing I heard, two men we’ve been keeping an eye on were in the hoosegow, one with a slug in his shoulder.
The Wailing Octopus
Harold Leland Goodwin

“The boss is in the hoosegow,” answered Pete, his voice tragic.
Good References
E. J. Rath

It’s a long walk down to the hoosegow and I don’t want to take you there.
Young People’s Pride
Stephen Vincent Benet

It would infuriate the Judge to sentence those buzzards to the hoosegow for life.
David Lannarck, Midget
George S. Harney

Anagram

goose who

Today’s quote

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

– Winston Churchill

On this day

4 June 1988 – death of Sir Douglas Nichols KCVO, OBE. Aboriginal activist, raising awareness of aboriginal issues, including treating aborigines with dignity and as people. He played for Carlton football club in the A-grade Victorian Football League (VFL), leaving after racist treatment and joining the Northcote football club in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). Nicholls became a minister and social worker. In 1957, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1972 he was the first aborigine to be knighted. In 1976, he became the 28th governor of South Australia, the first aborigine to be appointed to a vice-regal position. He was born on 9 December 1906.

4 June 1989 – Tiananmen Square massacre, Beijing, China. Around a million people had flooded into Tiananmen Square over the past few days, protesting for democracy. On 4 June, the Chinese Army stormed the Square with tanks and armoured cars, killing hundreds of protestors, while arresting thousands of others.