hoosegow牢狱

【使用地区】：美国西部

【释义】：

Jail．The term was coined in the 1860s and derives from the Spanish juzgado(a court or tribunal)，which to Mexicans means“a jail”and was borrowed in this sense by American cowboys．The slang word jug for a jail probably also cornes from juzgado and was recorded half a century or so earlier．

此词意义如上所示。该词创造于19世纪60年代，源于西班牙语juzgado，意为“法庭”。在墨西哥，该词意为“监狱”，此意义被美国牛仔借用。指“监狱”的另一个俚语jug可能也源于juzgado，早在约半个世纪前就有记载。