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Definition of Hoodlumism

1. [n -S]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodlumism

hooded merganser hooded pitcher plant hooded prepuce hooded seal hooded sheldrake hooded skunk hoodie hoodier hoodies hoodiest

hooding hoodless hoodlike hoodlum hoodlumish hoodlumism (current term) hoodlumisms hoodlums hoodman hoodmen

hoodmold hoodmolds hoodmould hoodoo hoodooed hoodooing hoodooism hoodooisms hoodoos hoods

Literary usage of Hoodlumism

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1. American Motherhood by Mary Wood-Allen (1898)
""hoodlumism springs naturally into being, like everything else, when the conditions are ripe. The right conditions are idleness and a lack of incentive ..."

2. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"hoodlumism evokes this comment: Citizens of Chicago, make your hoodlum element amenable to law, break up and destroy hoodlumism as you would a pestilence. ..."

3. Little Journeys to the Homes of by Elbert Hubbard (1906)
"hoodlumism is born of idleness; it is useful energy gone to seed. In small towns hoodlumism is rife, and the hoodlums are usually the children of the best ..."

4. The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot by Illinois Chicago Commission on Race Relations (1922)
"hoodlumism evokes this comment: Citizens of Chicago, make your hoodlum element amenable to law, break up and destroy hoodlumism as you would a pestilence. ..."

5. History and Proceedings of the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association; 1870-1879 by Pocumtack Valley Memorial Association (1901)
"We must work resolutely against him and set up counter-irritants against hoodlumism, and so the pettiness and laxity of country life — the natural soil of ..."

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