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Definition of a hoosegow
hoosegow
noun
- jail. From the Spanish "juzgado".
They threw John in the hoosegow for a few days.
Citation from "Give It Away" (1991 song) by Red Hot Chili Peppers censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: jail (related to).
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Last edited on Nov 28 2015. Submitted by Alan B. from Haymarket, VA, USA on Jan 27 2006.
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Other terms relating to 'jail (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: a holding cell for drunk people, usually in a county jail. | |
| Definitions include: in jail | |
| Definitions include: a period of time. | |
| Definitions include: n. tampon. | |
| Definitions include: a person with a life sentence in prison. | |
| Definitions include: prison. | |
| Definitions include: to perform oral sex on a partner. | |
| Definitions include: jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: To fight someone. | |
| Definitions include: jail or prison. | |
| Definitions include: to get someone out of jail by posting bail. | |
| Definitions include: jail. | |
| Definitions include: a prison sentence. | |
| Definitions include: time in prison. | |
| Definitions include: federal prison. | |
Other terms relating to 'terms with foreign origin (list of)': | |
| Definitions include: See also mack on. | |
| Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it." | |
| Definitions include: girl gang banger, loose woman, girlfriend. | |
| Definitions include: Possibly a misspelling of the French "a` tout a` l'heure", meaning "see you later". | |
| Definitions include: fellatio. | |
| Definitions include: good-bye. | |
| Definitions include: the facial expression one wears when having an orgasm. | |
| Definitions include: a great quantity. | |
| Definitions include: a watchman for a drug dealer. | |
| Definitions include: anything, in speech. | |
| Definitions include: a foolish person; "ass". | |
| Definitions include: female genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. | |
| Definitions include: US Border Patrol. | |
| Definitions include: someone who is crazy. | |
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| Definitions include: an ugly, promiscuous, or otherwise generally unappealing female. | |
| Definitions include: an obsequious person. | |
| Definitions include: Hard work | |
| Definitions include: to have a respectable alcohol tolerance. | |
| Definitions include: a penis. | |
| Definitions include: see "baby mama". | |
| Definitions include: something that helps to show that something is true, especially when relating to business | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "crack the fuck up". | |
| Definitions include: a hypothetical disease that causes programs to run more poorly over time and causes documents to become corrupted. | |
| Definitions include: To send or throw an object at immense unimaginable speeds (mostly done so out of rage). |
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