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Definition of Cahoot
1. Noun. Collusion. "In cahoots with"
Definition of Cahoot
1. n. Partnership; as, to go in cahoot with a person.
Definition of Cahoot
1. Verb. To act in partnership. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cahoot
1. partnership [n -S] - See also: partnership
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cahoot
Literary usage of Cahoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"cahoot—contd. 1857 They all agree to cahoot with their claims against Nicaragua
and Costa Rica. ... 1892 You are trying to get me to go in cahoot with you, ..."
2. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"cahoot. (Perhaps Fr. capute, a hut, a cabin.) It is used in the South and West
to denote a company, or partnership. Men who live in the same hut or shanty, ..."
3. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"A favorite word in the phrase, "The whole cahoot" = "the whole lot of them."
Kansas City. [Cf. cahoot in the Century dictionary.] cellar-way. ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... participation, partaking, community; spec, intercommunity (rare), cahoot (used
in "in cahoot," "go cahoots"; slang); see PARTNERSHIP. sharp, a. ..."
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