Definition of "hoosgow" []

• Slang for a jail (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And yet Judy Miller has been trying to do just that ever since her ill-informed trip down orange jumpsuit lane saw her stuck in the hoosgow, protecting Scooter with everything she had because ... what, exactly?"
• "P.S. Dukester is going to the clink, the big house, the hoosgow, the tank."
• "If these incubuses are not in the hoosgow by sundown, you can pretty much forget about getting any Snickers or Butterfingers in your pillow cases this Halloween -- and you can also forget about celebrating New Year."