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calaboose ; n (U.S.) informal a prison; jail ; (C18: from Creole French, from Spanish calabozo dungeon, of unknown origin) ... Reverso offers you access to an English definition and synonym dictionary for calaboose and thousands of other words.
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Related Searches. Origin of calaboose · Calaboose in liverp. ... calaboose. Translate from. Afrikaans, Albanian, Arabic, Belarusian, Bulgarian, Catalan ...
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Calaboose: Small Town Lockup ... This article reviews the origins of the calaboose, its construction, and the living conditions it afforded. Insights into the law enforcement in these small towns are also provided. Finally, current uses of the calaboose are described.
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Origin: United States. Language: English ... The old calaboose was soon too small to accommodate residents; and a new facility, also constructed of wood, ...
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Among the words of French origin are cache, calaboose, bodette, bayou, sault, levee, crevasse, habitan, charivari. The Spanish colonists in Florida, ...
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: : : : : : : Calaboose - 1792 but didn?t become common until cowboys popularized it in the 1860s. From Spanish ?calabozo,? dungeon. ... There is also a suggestion that the Mexican-Spanish word juzgado (prison), simplified by early English speaking settlers to jug, was the source. The Scots origin seems to outdate the Mexican.
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big cage, big house, big school, brig, calaboose, can, city hotel, cooler, coop, correctional institution, detention facility, house of correction, house of detention, icebox, jail, joint, penitentiary, prison, slammer, tank, the river ... Search another word or see calaboose on Dictionary ... Origin of calaboose...
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List of English words of Spanish origin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as "Spanish loan words". Many of them are identical in other Romance languages (mainly Portuguese or Italian...
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The term Jim Crow originated in a song performed by Daddy Rice, a white minstrel show entertainer in the 1830s. Rice covered his face with charcoal paste or burnt cork to resemble a black man, ... 5. And den I go to Orleans, An, feel so full of flight; Dey put me in de Calaboose, An, keep me dere all night.
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