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( calabozo [kalaβóso] < Vulgar Latin * calafodium < pre-Roman * cala 'cave, protected place' and Vulgar Latin * fodere 'to dig'; some variant forms may have been influenced by French calabouse)1) Nevada: 1866. Town jail; its use today connotes a humorous or playful reference. The DRAE confirms that calabozo is used in Spanish to refer to a jail or dungeon. Cobos attests to its use in Southwestern Spanish.Alternate forms: calabooza, calaboso, calaboz, calaboza, calabozo, calabozo, cattle boose.See also carcel.2) Watts references a verb form to "calaboose," meaning 'to incarcerate.'
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List of English words of Spanish origin — This is a list of English language words whose origin can be traced to the Spanish language as Spanish loan words . Many of them are identical in other Romance languages (mainly Portuguese), but their ultimate origin is from Spanish.;abaca : via… … Wikipedia
calaboose — prison, 1792, Amer.Eng., from Louisiana Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon, probably from V.L. *calafodium, from pre Roman *cala protected place, den + L. fodere to dig (see FOSSIL (Cf. fossil)) … Etymology dictionary
calaboose — [ˌkalə bu:s] noun US informal a prison. Origin C18: from black Fr. calabouse, from Sp. calabozo dungeon … English new terms dictionary
calaboose — n. US a prison. Etymology: Black F calabouse f. Sp. calabozo dungeon … Useful english dictionary
