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hooky ((2))
[< hook, v.]
Lab.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Spelling variants:hookey
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
a brittle crust that forms on snow, such that the foot sinks through it causing a person to trip.
Quotations
1933
Another kind of crust [on the snow] is brittle. It trips you every step. The men call it "hookey."