plural hoosegows
Definition of hoosegow
US, informal + humorous
: jail
… ended the evening in the local hoosegow.— Burton Bernstein … treat your dogs and cats humanely or you might wind up in the hoosegow.— Bill Hendrick
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The first known use of hoosegow was in 1895
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