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Definition of Hoodwinking
1. hoodwink [v] - See also: hoodwink
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hoodwinking
Literary usage of Hoodwinking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. French Men and French Manners by Albert Dresden Vandam (1895)
"... meets Greek —All chance of hoodwinking the authorities is gone—Horse soldier,
foot soldier, or sailor—A word about sailors—Departure for the regiment. ..."
2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1898)
"It was a dream ; but can it be that conscience pricks us even when asleep?
hoodwinking THE HANDICAPPER. By FINCH MASON. QUARTER of a century ago it is hard ..."
3. Danville Quarterly Review (1861)
"And yet the same men will claim that it is hoodwinking their faculties and ignoring
their reason to rely upon what they concede to be the unerring ..."
4. China and the Allies by Arnold Henry Savage. Landor (1901)
"... march about and parade the villages and marts, flourishing tri,knts and playing
with sticks, hoodwinking the populace to make a ..."
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