There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.
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Hoosegow
//ˈhuːsɡaʊ//
Synonyms for "hoosegow" (20 found)
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Philip Zimbardo set up a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford psychology department, divided the participants at random into ‘prisoners’ and ‘guards,’ and even got the Palo Alto police to arrest the prisoners and haul them to the campus hoosegow.
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