hoosegow

Example Sentences

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And the vision of Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought or, indeed, Elon Musk being frog-marched off to the hoosegow will warm the cockles of many a heart.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025

Here he is with a program that spent recent years lodged in the psychic hoosegow of the federal recruiting investigation, going 17-15 with no tournament in 2019 and 17-9 with no eligibility in 2021.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022

When her son’s father ends up in the hoosegow, an Oakland woman must play single mom in the comedy-drama “Blindspotting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2021

Cersei’s old nemesis Margaery, meanwhile, is still in the hoosegow, taking her own turn with the Nurse Ratched of TV nuns.

From New York Times • Apr. 24, 2016

He spent the night in the city hoosegow for his trouble.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly