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Definition of Hokums
1. hokum [n] - See also: hokum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hokums
Literary usage of Hokums
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Comedians All by George Jean Nathan (1919)
"Whatever may be Mr. Belasco's shortcomings, the easy practice of tried hokums is
certainly not one of them. For the Belasco talent, quite other than being a ..."
2. Uncle Scipio: A Story of Uncertain Days in the South by Jeannette Ritchie Hadermann Walworth (1896)
"De hokums? I b'leeves you, sir. You see, ol' Miss, she were a Frazer. ... I come
inter de fambly wid de hokums. I wus Co'nul Hokum man w'en he went sparkin' ..."
3. Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Scienceby Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams by Johns Hopkins University, Herbert Baxter Adams (1902)
"... of the Johns Hopkins Press, for suggestions. Acknowledgment due to others is
to be found in the footnotes and in the appended bibliography. JOHNS hokums ..."
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