Pronounced: prih-guh-STAY-tuhr, noun
Notes: A fancy word for something we know
Yesterday’s word
The word calaboose means “jail; especially a local jail”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1700s
Background / Comments
Our word came from the Spanish word calabozo (dungeon). In the same way, we get the word “hoosegow” from the Spanish word “jusgado”.
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