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Brian Norden

May 16, 2018 08:01PM

Registered: 16 years ago
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Nope, calaboose is a local jail or gaol.

Merriam-Webster dictionary says the word has been around since 1792.

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Calaboose had been part of the English language for almost a century when John S. Farmer included the term in his 1889 book Americanisms - Old & New, defining it as "the common gaol or prison." Farmer also made mention of a verb calaboose, meaning "to imprison," but that term was apparently lost in the years between then and now. "Calaboose" is Spanish in origin; it's from the Spanish word calabozo, meaning "dungeon."

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Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	kcsivils	May 14, 2018 11:01AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	trainrider47	May 14, 2018 11:47AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	J.B.Bane	May 14, 2018 12:23PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	John West	May 14, 2018 12:44PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Greg Scholl	May 14, 2018 01:26PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	trainrider47	May 14, 2018 01:53PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	philip.marshall	May 15, 2018 07:06AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Marowicz	May 15, 2018 09:01AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	bcp	May 15, 2018 09:48PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Earl	May 14, 2018 02:08PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	trainrider47	May 14, 2018 08:20PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Chris Walker	May 14, 2018 03:28PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Wayne Hoskin	May 14, 2018 06:10PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	jameswaite	May 15, 2018 12:12AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Greg Scholl	May 15, 2018 07:47AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	trainrider47	May 15, 2018 09:15AM
Re: Question on the railroad term "trig"	Stewart Rhine	May 15, 2018 11:08AM
Re: Question on the railroad term "trig"	philip.marshall	May 15, 2018 11:31AM
Re: Question on the railroad term "trig" (and what about Muckle?)	Stewart Rhine	May 15, 2018 03:13PM
Re: Question on the railroad term "trig" (and what about Muckle?)	Marowicz	May 16, 2018 10:22AM
Re: Question on the railroad term "trig" (and what about Muckle?)	Stewart Rhine	May 17, 2018 05:11AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Greg Scholl	May 15, 2018 11:22AM
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Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	bcp	May 15, 2018 09:45PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Wayne Hoskin	May 16, 2018 12:40AM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	Brian Norden	May 16, 2018 08:01PM
Re: Question for Chris Walker or any other citizen of a former British colony	trainrider47	May 17, 2018 07:47AM
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