“In hock” typically means a delinquent debt, or at least a long-standing debt. So there’s no evidence that Gingrich was “in hoc” to Tiffany’s.
[“In hock” typically means a delinquent debt]
Ok, I’ve always understood it as owing. But from all the jokes about it it also seemed he ‘owed’ for some time. I’ll look it all up tomorrow.
As a pawn broker’s wife: it means owing a debt. It can mean that your goods are put up for collateral.