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Pronunciation of Hooligan in El Paso, Texas
Phonetic Spelling:[ HOO lih guhn ]
Language:
Irish
Meaning:
A violent young troublemaker
Additional Information:
1890s, of unknown origin, according to OED, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
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Pronunciation of Hooligan in El Paso, Texas
hoo li gan
Language:
Irish
Meaning:
A violent young troublemaker
Additional Information:
1890s, of unknown origin, according to OED, first found in British newspaper police-court reports in the summer of 1898, almost certainly from the variant form of the Irish surname Houlihan, which figured as a characteristic comic Irish name in music hall songs and newspapers of the 1880s and '90s. (Online Etymology Dictionary)
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