- hoos(e)gow
- фам гауптвахта, "губа"; тюрьма
Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary. А. Фединой. 2015.
Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary. А. Фединой. 2015.
hoos — hoos·gow; … English syllables
hoos|gow — hoose|gow or hoos|gow «HOOS gow», noun. U.S. Slang. a jail; lockup. ╂[American English < Spanish (as pronounced in Mexican Spanish) juzgado court, tribunal, past participle of juzgar to judge < Latin jūdicāre < jūdex a judge] … Useful english dictionary
gow — glas·gow; gow·an; gow·any; gow·en; gow·ers s; gow·pen; hoose·gow; lin·lith·gow·shire; lob·by·gow; gow·pen·ful; hoos·gow; lin·lith·gow; … English syllables
hoose|gow — or hoos|gow «HOOS gow», noun. U.S. Slang. a jail; lockup. ╂[American English < Spanish (as pronounced in Mexican Spanish) juzgado court, tribunal, past participle of juzgar to judge < Latin jūdicāre < jūdex a judge] … Useful english dictionary
hoosgow — hoos·gow … English syllables
hoosegow — hoose•gow or hoos•gow [[t]ˈhus gaʊ[/t]] n. Slang. sts a jail • Etymology: 1860–65, amer.; < MexSp juzgado jail, Sp: court of justice, orig. ptp. of juzgar to judge … From formal English to slang