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Traditional English :: hokey
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hokily.html - adj. (also hoky) (hokier, hokiest) US sl. sentimental, melodramatic, artificial. hokeyness n. (also hokiness). hokily adv. [HOKUM + -Y(2)] |
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Traditional English :: hokey-cokey
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hokily.html - n.
a communal dance performed in a circle with synchronized shaking of the limbs in turn. [perh. f. HOCUS-POCUS] |
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Traditional English :: hokey-pokey
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hokily.html - n.
colloq.
1 = HOCUS-POCUS.
2 ice-cream formerly sold esp. by Italian street vendors. [HOCUS-POCUS: sense 2 of unkn. orig.] |
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Traditional English :: hokku
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hokily.html - n.
(pl. same) = HAIKU. [Jap.] |
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Traditional English :: hokum
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hokily.html - n. esp. US sl. 1 sentimental, popular, sensational, or unreal situations, dialogue, etc., in a film or play etc. 2 bunkum; rubbish. [20th c.: orig. unkn.] |
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Traditional English :: hoky
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hokily.html - var. of HOKEY. |
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