hoosegow

[ UK /hˈuːsɪɡˌa‍ʊ/ ]
NOUN
  1. slang for a jail
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How To Use hoosegow In A Sentence

  • Both Shorty and One-Eyed Jack still had plenty of friends who could bust them out of the hoosegow.
  • The Dreadnoks want to spring Torch from the hoosegow, but Cobra commander tells them in no uncertain terms that the Firebat takes priority.
  • Approximately 3 months ago, Mark suffered his first ever arrest, and he has shed 30 lb whilst in the hoosegow.
  • This, along with a $10 million deal cut with Papua New Guinea and a hoosegow built on Christmas Island, came to be known as the Pacific Solution and was the act that finally aroused some Australians to protest their government's policies.
  • Put him in darbies and take him to the hoosegow," the pale officer ordered. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
  • Step out of line and you'll land in the hoosegow or, even worse, enrolled in a Federally Mandated recovery program.
  • I'm going to make believe I am acting before an audience and forget that I am doing 10 days in the hoosegow.
  • The background to this story is, apparently, that a number of members of the Mahdi Army were arrested on Sunday and tossed in the hoosegow.
  • After lunch, visitors stroll through downtown, most paying particular attention to the old Jail Tree: Lacking a proper hoosegow, the town chained bandits to its enormous trunk.
  • Magistrate decrees logodaedaelian hoosegow cageling may retain his thesaurus. Latest News - UPI.com
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