hoosegow

Example Sentences

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A Rochester, New York pawn shop owner is headed to the hoosegow after selling more than $6 million in goods stolen from area retailers on Amazon and eBay, the U.S.

From Washington Times

In prison, there are Keene’s encounters with a real-life mob boss and a manipulative guard to add tension, and just enough mayhem to remind you that this is no ordinary hoosegow.

From Los Angeles Times

See who got away with their ill-gotten gains and who got sent to the hoosegow in the new docuseries “Super Heists.”

From Los Angeles Times

He was tackled by a gendarme in the paint on the 76ers’ half of the court, unceremoniously picked up and hustled down a Capital One Arena tunnel and, hopefully, to the nearest hoosegow.

From Washington Post

Even a picture of me holding the very Trump piñata head that currently put me in the digital hoosegow.

From Los Angeles Times