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Meaning of Hoosegow | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈhuːsɡaʊ

Definitions

A jail.

US, slang

Equivalents

العربية السجن

Examples

“There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.”
“Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology department, divided the participants at random into ‘prisoners’ and ‘guards,’ and even got the Palo Alto police to arrest the prisoners and haul them to the campus hoosegow.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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