calaboose
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From the Indians came possum, persimmon, punk, skunk, squash, succotash; from the Dutch, cruller, sawbuck, scow, slaw, snoop, stoop, waffle; from the Spanish, cafeteria, calaboose, lariat, mustang; from the German, cranberry.
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Instead he was whisked off to the village calaboose at Guaranda.
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English-speaking settlers in the Spanish Southwest turned estampida into stampede, vamos into vamoose, and calabozo into calaboose.
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But this did no good, for he conjured up the dreadful picture of his father in the stifling calaboose on Shell Island.
From Bill Bolton?Flying Midshipman by Sainsbury, Noel
Even the prisoners in the calaboose had been released and provided with arms.
From Gentlemen Rovers by Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander)