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hoosegows

hoosegows is the plural of hoosegow.

Meaning of hoosegow

Noun

hoosegow (plural hoosegows)

  1. (US, slang) A jail.
    • There's parts of Mexico they'd take you straight to the hoosegow for just whistlin that.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 424

Questions about hoosegows

What is hoosegows the plural of?
Hoosegows is the plural of hoosegow.

Words near hoosegows in the dictionary

  1. hooscow
  2. hooscows
  3. hoose
  4. hoosecow
  5. hoosegow
  6. hoosegows
  7. Hooser
  8. Hoosers
  9. hooses
  10. hoosgow
  11. hoosgows

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