Lexicographical Neighbors of Hookies
Literary usage of Hookies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The East Indian Gazetteer: Containing Particular Descriptions of the Empires by Walter Hamilton (1828)
"... raja's territory, inhabited by hookies, bounds it on the south. The eastern
and southern portions are hilly ; but the northern, central, ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1906)
"583 f , GP ; remarks on " Exploration in the Canadian hookies," XIII. 355; XVII.
271 , J. : Pictures from Bohemia, IV. 575 t , M. : A century of Geography ..."
3. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"Retreat of Glaciers in the Canadian hookies.—We understand that Messrs. Or.
and WS Vaux (whose report on observations of certain glaciers of Alberta and ..."
4. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"The hookies came down like wolves on the fold To try and secure all the " Jubilee "
gold. Some plumped for St. Mirin, but wrongly had reckoned, For Annamite ..."
5. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1899)
"Guess in heaven 'ey don't have cookies— Est 'e holes [pouting]; Guess in heaven 'ey
don't have hookies- Poor li'P souls! Angel food makes wings grow on me, ..."
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