hoosgow

[US]/ˈhuːsɡoʊ/
[UK]/ˈhuːsɡoʊ/

Translation

n.jail or prison
Word Forms
Pluralhoosgows

Phrases & Collocations

hit the hoosgow

in the hoosgow

send to hoosgow

hoosgow time

hoosgow bound

out of hoosgow

hoosgow escape

hoosgow blues

hoosgow life

hoosgow visit

Example Sentences

he spent the night in the hoosgow after the bar fight.

getting caught with stolen goods will land you in the hoosgow.

she was worried that her brother would end up in the hoosgow.

the judge sent him to the hoosgow for a year.

he joked that he was just a visitor to the hoosgow.

after his third dui, he knew he was headed for the hoosgow.

the hoosgow was not a place he wanted to return to.

she had a friend who spent time in the hoosgow.

he learned his lesson after a brief stay in the hoosgow.

they laughed about how he almost ended up in the hoosgow.

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