Define Hoosegow Meaning

Hoosegow

Calabozo; jail; from Sp. "juzgado"

There were six drunks in the cell when I was in the hoosegow last weekend.

By Adoree

Hoosegow

a prison, a jail (from Juzgao, an early Mexican Spanish word for a tribunal court)

He almost went to the hoosegow when the police confused him with someone who was suspected of a crime.

By Melinde

Hoosegow

n. jail or prison

No time for the piggies or the hoosegow.

By Joelynn

Hoosegow

A jail. A term from the 1800's.

He got thrown in the hoosegow.

By Cindi