calabouse

  • 1List of English words of Spanish origin — 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), but their ultimate origin is from Spanish.;abaca : via… …

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  • 2calaboose — prison, 1792, Amer.Eng., from Louisiana Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon, probably from V.L. *calafodium, from pre Roman *cala protected place, den + L. fodere to dig (see FOSSIL (Cf. fossil)) …

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  • 3calaboose — [ˌkalə bu:s] noun US informal a prison. Origin C18: from black Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon …

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  • 4calaboose — n. US a prison. Etymology: Black F calabouse f. Sp. calabozo dungeon …

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