Definition of Hoosgow

1. Noun. Slang for a jail.

Exact synonyms: Hoosegow
Generic synonyms: Clink, Gaol, Jail, Jailhouse, Pokey, Poky, Slammer

Definition of Hoosgow

1. hoosegow [n -S] - See also: hoosegow

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoosgow

hoorahs
hooray
hooray for Hollywood
hoorayed
hooraying
hoorays
hoorays for Hollywood
hoord
hoords
hooroo
hooroosh
hoose
hoosegow
hoosegows
hooses
hoosgow (current term)
hoosgows
hoosh
hooshed
hooshes
hooshing
hoot
hoot owl
hootch
hootches
hootchie
hootchies
hooted
hootenannies
hootenanny

Literary usage of Hoosgow

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Words Self-defined by Charles Alphonso Smith (1919)
"After all the time you've spent in the hoosgow since you joined, I should think you'd ... Months had passed since he had paid his last visit to the hoosgow. ..."

2. The Isle of Vanishing Men: A Narrative of Adventure in Cannibal-land by William Fisher Alder (1922)
"They are some natives that have just finished a one- month term in the local hoosgow or jail. The offense was trivial. There had been a disagreement in ..."

3. Buff: a Collie: And Other Dog Stories by Albert Payson Terhune (1921)
"We was kind of ashamed to come back, right off, after they turned us loose from the hoosgow. So we " "You have not been in or near Boone Lake since you were ..."

4. Bruce by Albert Payson Terhune, E.P. Dutton (Firm) (1920)
""The same lazy guy that will stick you into the hoosgow for insubordination and leave you to do your bit there while the rest of us stroll on to Berlin! ..."

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