Old-Fashioned Expressions

noun A chance or possibility.

adverb Perhaps; possibly.

• Perchance, we may find a solution to this problem through further research.
• Do you think perchance we could grab a coffee later?
• Hey, perchance you wanna catch a movie tonight?
• Perchance, the key to happiness lies in accepting things as they are.

verb to depart quickly or hurriedly

• The suspect attempted to vamoose from the crime scene but was apprehended by the police.
• Let's vamoose before the party gets too crowded.
• We need to vamoose out of here before we get caught.
• His bad attitude made me want to vamoose from the conversation.

noun a slang term for a jail or prison

• The suspect was taken to the hoosegow to await trial.
• I heard they finally caught the guy and threw him in the hoosegow.
• He spent the night in the hoosegow after getting into a bar fight.
• Being stuck in traffic felt like being in a hoosegow with no way out.