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Definition of Hoodlums
1. hoodlum [n] - See also: hoodlum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodlums
Literary usage of Hoodlums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary California, Poetry, Prose and Portraits by Ella Sterling Mighels (1918)
"THE LAST OF THE hoodlums It was a strange sight in early days or nights to observe
the ... From this, the term "hoodlums" is said to be derived— although in ..."
2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"The "Bloody Sixth Ward" —hoodlums —The Florence Night Mission — Where the Inmates
Come from — A Refuge for Fallen Women — Searching for Lost Daughters — Low ..."
3. Gypsies, Or why We Went Gypsying in the Sierras by Dio Lewis (1881)
"CURIOUS WORK OF THE hoodlums. While we were in San Francisco, the following ...
set upon by a crowd of hoodlums, one of whom bravely knocked off his hat. ..."
4. Through America: Or, Nine Months in the United States by Walter Gore Marshall (1881)
"... car—Boot-blacking—Champion bootblacks—A champion boot-black's challenge—A rush
for wealth— hoodlums—Their vocation and operations—The hoodlum alphabet ..."
5. Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land by John Whetham Beddam Whetham (1874)
"... character—Architecture—Chinese—High wages—• hoodlums—Chinese facetiae—Visit
to the bad Chinese quarter— Chinese superstitions and troubles. ..."
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