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Meaning of "hoosegow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HOOSEGOW

From Mexican Spanish jusgado prison, from Spanish: court of justice, from juzgar to judge, from Latin judicāre, from judex a judge; compare jug.
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PRONUNCIATION OF HOOSEGOW

hoosegow  [ˈhuːsɡaʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HOOSEGOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hoosegow is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HOOSEGOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hoosegow

Prison

A prison or jail is a facility in which individuals are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as a form of punishment. The most common use of prisons is as part of a criminal justice system, in which individuals officially charged with or convicted of crimes are confined to a jail or prison until they are either brought to trial to determine their guilt or complete the period of incarceration they were sentenced to after being found guilty at their trial. Outside of their use for punishing civil crimes, authoritarian regimes also frequently use prisons and jails as tools of political repression to punish political crimes, often without trial or other legal due process; this use is illegal under most forms of international law governing fair administration of justice. In times of war or conflict, prisoners of war may also be detained in military prisons or prisoner of war camps, and large groups of civilians might be imprisoned in internment camps.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HOOSEGOW


gau
ɡaʊ
hoosgow
ˈhuːsˌɡaʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HOOSEGOW

hooper
hoopla
hoopless
hooplike
hoopoe
hoopster
hooray
Hooray Henries
Hooray Henry
hooroo
hoosgow
hoosh
Hoosier
hoot
hoot owl
hootanannie
hootananny
hootch
hootenannie
hootenannies

WORDS THAT END LIKE HOOSEGOW

allow
arrow
below
blow
bow
cash flow
City of Glasgow
don´t know
fellow
flow
follow
Glasgow
grow
hollow
how
in a row
know
know-how
Linlithgow
lobbygow

Synonyms and antonyms of hoosegow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hoosegow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HOOSEGOW

Find out the translation of hoosegow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hoosegow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hoosegow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

hoosegow
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hoosegow
570 millions of speakers

English

hoosegow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hoosegow
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

hoosegow
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

hoosegow
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hoosegow
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শ্রীঘর
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hoosegow
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hoosegow
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Knast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

hoosegow
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교도소에 가시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hoosegow
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hoosegow
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hoosegow
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Hoosegow
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hoosegow
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gattabuia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hoosegow
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

hoosegow
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hoosegow
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Hoosegow
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hoosegow
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Hoosegow
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hoosegow
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hoosegow

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOSEGOW»

The term «hoosegow» is normally little used and occupies the 134.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HOOSEGOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «hoosegow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «hoosegow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hoosegow

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HOOSEGOW»

Discover the use of hoosegow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hoosegow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Scoundrels to the Hoosegow: Perry Mason Moments and ...
"Morley Swingle, veteran prosecuting attorney, combines true crime and legal analysis with a healthy dose of humor as he re-creates more than thirty stories of villains, heroes, and ordinary citizens, taking readers from the crime scene to ...
Morley Swingle, 2007
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Vocabulario Vaquero/Cowboy Talk: A Dictionary of Spanish ...
(2) See honda ( 1 ). hoosecow: See hoosegow (1). hoosegarden: See hoosegow ( 1 ). hoosegow: (juzgado [xusya8o], also popularly [xusyao] or [xusyau], perfective participle ofjuzgar< Latin judicare 'to judge'). (1) DARE: 1909. According to ...
Robert N. Smead, 2005
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Popular Mechanics
WASHINGTON, D. C., claims the world's only hoosegow on wheels. An elegant aluminum trailer 30 feet long, it is furnished with such home comforts as a shower bath, Venetian blinds, electric refrigerator, screens on the windows and rugs on ...
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Hoosegow Hotel
With her own brand of suspense, author E. R. Kettring has written a first-time novel that will appeal to all lovers of crime and mystery stories.
E. R. Kettring, 2005
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Everybody's Magazine
“That's the old hoosegow—a notorious place about five years ago. All sorts of booze-parties. ” “Let's stop there, Chuck, and sit on the soda-water stand and read poetry.” “Lord, why aren't there any more like you down here? You bet we'll stop ...
‎1922
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Everybody's Magazine
"That's the old hoosegow — a notorious place about five years ago. All sorts of booze-parties." "Let's stop there, Chuck, and sit on the soda-water stand and read poetry." "Lord, why aren't there any more like you down here? You bet we'll stop ...
Frank Norris, O. Henry, 1922
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McZoot's Travels: A Journey to Zora Gora
In which I first see the hoosegow and make acquaintance with the disturbed youth Zakhar and the attorney at law Throckmeyer. It rained heavily that night, a tireless drumming on the corrugated steel roof of the jail house. For some reason the ...
Athanasius Blalock, 2006
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Nothing but Trouble
Jail… Local lawyer Peyton Rand should have left tempting troublemaker Tallie Bishop in the local hoosegow for as long as possible!
Beverly Barton, 2012
9
Shotgun
Rancher Blair Bishop of Two Forks, Texas, has too many enemies . . . and they are closing in on him.
Elmer Kelton, 2009
10
Laurel & Hardy
In The Hoosegow, he and Ollie are trying to escape from prison: the warder detects their accomplices outside the wall and rushes out through the gate to try and catch them. Stan and Ollie follow him out and are thus free. The gates shut behind ...
Charles Barr, 1968

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HOOSEGOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hoosegow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scare tactic targets Uber | Strobel | Toronto & GTA | News | Toronto …
... visitors that they sure as hell better not drag a dead horse down Yonge St. on a Sunday or a bylaw officer will cart them off to the hoosegow? «Toronto Sun, Jul 15»
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In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash - The Morning Call
... of strong-arming lawyers and vendors for appointments and contracts, ultimately landing himself in the hoosegow for lining his own pockets. «Allentown Morning Call, Jul 15»
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Ray Donovan 301: 'The Kalamazoo' | | Observer
Two seasons of Donovan Overwatch have yielded decidedly mixed results: he's got a brother in the hoosegow and a mistress in the ground, his ... «New York Observer, Jul 15»
4
Ending Mass Incarceration One Murdering Illegal Alien at a Time
Instead of doing something about crime or border security, Obama is taking time out from his busy golf schedule to visit the hoosegow. «FrontPage Magazine, Jul 15»
5
The Stroller
WEDNESDAY'S WORD was hoosegow (HOOSS-gow). It means jail. Example: “Cobb County District Attorney Vic Reynolds has issued a blunt ... «Martinsville Bulletin, Jul 15»
6
Boyleing Points
Off to the hoosegow, we go.” I guess the “if you obeyed the law” people are ok with government eavesdropping. Hey, if you aren't breaking any ... «The Rockaway Times, Jul 15»
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Ring Crew Reviews: WWE Tables, Ladder, Chairs, and Stairs 2014
... to the hoosegow or some shit – Abyss's same backstory from TNA. Nevertheless, Dean went apeshit with chairs and tables at Survivor Series ... «411mania.com, Jul 15»
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Drum Taps and Bugle Blasts
When he mails it to (now president) Grant, it is returned with a terse note: “If we were treated as we deserve, we'd all be in the hoosegow. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
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Judah P. Benjamin, The (Possibly ) Gay Jew Who Kept the …
The victorious Union threw him in the hoosegow for 9 months afterwards. By the way, the woman the narrator is talking to is a stripper who ... «VDARE.com, Jun 15»
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An Outdoor View: Words too good to die
A few of those skedaddle, but most wind up either in the hoosegow or on Boot Hill. The grateful townsfolk throw a shindig to celebrate, after ... «Kenai Peninsula Online, Jun 15»

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