Definitions

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  • noun A Korean-style bar or pub
  • noun temple, sanctuary, hall
  • noun enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house

Etymologies

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From Korean 호프 (hopeu), in turn from German Hofbräuhaus

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From Old English hof ("enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house, hall, temple, sanctuary"), from Proto-Germanic *hufan, from Proto-Indo-European *kewp-, a suffixed form of *kew- (“bend, cove, hollow”). More at howf, hovel.

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Examples

  • Three of them closed in on me, sir, and harskin 'your pardon, sir, I was whippin' hof 'em to standstill when one of them tripped me from be'ind, sir, -- "

    Captivating Mary Carstairs Henry Sydnor Harrison 1905

  • The favorite dishes for me were the poori (which was really sublime poori) and the sweet lassi, bot hof which were excellent.

    you know the one who made it made it because she was actually pretty good. ashacat 2009

  • Metcountymounty why notjust go the whole hof and put some inflatable plastic PCs in there too?

    Homo Electric « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • January 12th, 2010 3:50 pm ET mark Mcgwire is still the man he needs to be in the hof who cares what he took everybody is taking them now days its just part of life people need to get over it or get a life

    McGwire: I used steroids 2010

  • Metcountymounty why notjust go the whole hof and put some inflatable plastic PCs in there too? on March 9, 2008 at 9: 58 pm | Reply Inspector Bloke

    Homo Electric « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008

  • Schul-hof has said Sony is willing to inject more cash into the movie business.

    The Sony Scenarios 2008

  • However the court agreed with a Magistrate's recommendation to dismiss on qualified immunity grounds plaintiff's complaint that he was denied a hof.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Plaintiff had requested that he be permitted to possess "runestones" as personal religious property and to construct a "hof" in which to conduct religious practices.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Howard M. Friedman 2007

  • Also, while there are presumably people who have accidentally killed others, and perhaps even murdered others, I suspect that bot hof those happen at rates not much higher than the general population.

    L.S.D., R.I.P. 2006

  • Also, while there are presumably people who have accidentally killed others, and perhaps even murdered others, I suspect that bot hof those happen at rates not much higher than the general population.

    L.S.D., R.I.P. 2006

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  • hof n. - enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house, hall: temple, sanctuary.

    October 11, 2011