Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In India, an order or instruction from a person in authority. Compare
hakim .
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Examples
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Economists are more scientific than looking into a bowl of water, but still it's all hookum.
VIDEO: Pessimism Porn Suzanne 2009
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What is the worst hookum being sold under the “green” mantle?
Whom Do You Want to Hear From? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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He and his best camel and its driver were gone, but all his people and servants and _oont-wallahs_ [27] were in the _serai_, [28] and said they knew not where he was, but had received a _hookum_ [29] over-night to set out that day for Mekran Kot.
Driftwood Spars The Stories of a Man, a Boy, a Woman, and Certain Other People Who Strangely Met Upon the Sea of Life Percival Christopher Wren 1913
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I don’t think you need to believe international law is “so much hookum” to deny those claims.
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I don’t think you need to believe international law is “so much hookum” to deny those claims.
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Ally ma boo hookum foldimaronky bang, "said the Arab, looking up.
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