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• the hoosegow — US informal + humorous : ↑prison, ↑jail The cops threatened to throw him in the hoosegow. • • • Main Entry: ↑hoosegow …   Useful english dictionary

• jail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See prison. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prison, penitentiary, house of correction, penal institution, correctional facility, goal, cell, carcel, cage, guardhouse, guardroom, brig, pound, reformatory,… …   English dictionary for students

• hoose·gow — /ˈhuːsˌgaʊ/ noun the hoosegow US informal + humorous : ↑prison, ↑jail The cops threatened to throw him in the hoosegow …   Useful english dictionary

• keep — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. retain, hold, have, possess; receive, preserve; celebrate (holidays), maintain; sustain, continue; hold back, save, cling to, detain. See possession, preservation. n. subsistence, maintenance; donjon …   English dictionary for students

• jail — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, big house, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, cage, calaboose, can, cast in prison, cell,… …   Moby Thesaurus