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    What is the definition and language of origin of the word Huskau

    Frank Slaugherty(Barry Pepper) says this in reference to his friend Monty(Ed Norton) going to prison in the movie 25th Hour.

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    hoose·gow


    noun  NORTH AMERICAN informal


     noun: hoosegow;

    plural noun: hoosegows meaning a prison.




    Origin, early 20th century:

    via Latin American Spanish from Spanishjuzgado ‘tribunal,’

    from Latin judicatum ‘something judged,’

    neuter past participle of judicare .



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