CALABOOSE

PRONUNCIATION: (KAL-uh-boos)

MEANING: noun: A prison.

ETYMOLOGY: From Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo (dungeon), from Latin calafodium, from fodere (to dig). Earliest documented use: 1797. Another Spanish word for a prison that has become part of the English language is hoosegow.
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CA. LA BOSE - high quality speakers made near Louisiana

CALLABOOSE - the lily display was rudely heckled

CA. LAB OOZE - my place in UCLA just synthesized Slime