calaboose

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Instead he was whisked off to the village calaboose at Guaranda.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

English-speaking settlers in the Spanish Southwest turned estampida into stampede, vamos into vamoose, and calabozo into calaboose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next time the launch arrived in Manila, sure enough the old patron appeared to fetch his belongings, and was taken to the calaboose of the captain of the port.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

"And he will be arrested and put in the calaboose," said the Professor.

From The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts by Yellott, George