Urban Dictionary: hoosegow

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Calabozo; jail; from Sp. "juzgado"

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

by cornholio October 14, 2003

A jail. A term from the 1800's.

by Miss A March 10, 2005

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.

No time for the piggies or the hoosegow.

by Eminem June 12, 2003

A place of incarceration. Jail, Pokey, Slam, Clink, etc...

I got caught running from the fuzz and they sent me to the hoose gow

by cyan` July 08, 2005

A party filled to the brim with fine ladies, and or a place where one has a good chance of getting some ass.

" Hey man get over to this bar, it's a fucking Hoose Gow over here. "

by Mike Ramos July 08, 2003