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Definition of Hoosgow
1. Noun. Slang for a jail.
Definition of Hoosgow
1. hoosegow [n -S] - See also: hoosegow
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoosgow
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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