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Definition of Hoodlum

1. Noun. An aggressive and violent young criminal.

Definition of Hoodlum

1. n. A young rowdy; a rough, lawless fellow.

Definition of Hoodlum

1. Noun. a gangster; a hired thug ¹

2. Noun. a rough or violent youth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hoodlum

1. a thug [n -S] - See also: thug

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodlum

Literary usage of Hoodlum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. "Quad's Odds" by M. Quad (1875)
"THE hoodlum. DOWN'S and villages could get along very well without him, but what could a city do without its hoodlum—its brigade of hoodlums! ..."

2. Literary California, Poetry, Prose and Portraits by Ella Sterling Mighels (1918)
"LOVE SONNETS OF A hoodlum Life is a combination hard to buck, A proposition hard to beat, E'en though you get there Zaza with both feet, In forty flickers, ..."

3. The Wit and Humor of America by Marshall Pinckney Wilder (1911)
"LOVE SONNETS OF A hoodlum BY WALLACE IRWIN Say, will she treat me white, or throw me down, Give me the glassy glare, or welcome hand, Shovel me dirt, ..."

4. Through Cities and Prairie Lands: Sketches of an American Tour by Duffus Hardy (1881)
"Gambling Dens—Theatres—An Acrobatic Performance—New Year's Visits—The Bride—The hoodlum—A Scare—The Matron's Pretty Feet. AMBLING is another of the ..."

5. Through America: Or, Nine Months in the United States by Walter Gore Marshall (1881)
"... bootblacks—A champion boot-black's challenge—A rush for wealth— hoodlums—Their vocation and operations—The hoodlum alphabet — Instance of rough handling ..."

6. The Story of Money: A Science Hand-book of Money Questions by Edward Cornelius Towne (1900)
"I/I. hoodlum AND RASCAL FINANCE. The ignorance is simply monstrous, and the aims terribly mischievous, of the anarchistic revolution represented by advocacy ..."

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