hoosegow
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhuːsɡaʊ/
- Archaic
:
cárcel
- After the robbery, he was worried he would end up in the hoosegow for a long time.
Oh, we're all headed to the hoosegow now.
- Oh, we're all headed to the hoosegow now.
- OK, I I do want to end up in the hoosegow with you.
Examples
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The way I see it, this is better than your room at the hoosegow.
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You ever been in the hoosegow, son?
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Better get you over to the hoosegow Before this gets around.
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Oh, we're all headed to the hoosegow now.
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Unless you want a ticket to the hoosegow, let's move.
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Bobby wound up in the hoosegow.
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"Ma'am, your friend here is in the hoosegow.
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You better control your friends or they're gonna end up in the hoosegow.
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You wanna spend six months in the hoosegow because of creepo Hawthorne?
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If you keep breaking the law, you might find yourself in the hoosegow.
Synonyms
42
4.1
A building where police keep people who are waiting for trial or serving a sentence
32
9.8
A prison or jail where people are kept after arrest
19
9.9
A small jail where people wait for trial or serve short sentences
1
9.9
A small, dirty local jail
1
7.7
A place where young people who broke the law are kept by the court for a short time
1
9.9
A prison where people are kept as punishment for a crime
1
9.9
A small local jail where police hold people, often in the past
A place where people are kept after being arrested
A place that feels like you cannot move or act freely
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hoosegow comes from Mexican Spanish juzgado, which means 'court'. English speakers in the Old West heard juzgado and turned it into hoosegow, and because a court can send you to prison, hoosegow came to mean 'jail'.