calaboose

英 [,kælə'buːs] 美
  • n. 监狱，拘留所
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英文词源

calaboose (n.)
"prison," 1792, American English, from Louisiana French calabouse, from Spanish calabozo "dungeon," probably from Vulgar Latin *calafodium, from pre-Roman *cala "protected place, den" + Latin fodere "to dig" (see fossil).