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Definition of Hookiest
1. hooky [adj] - See also: hooky
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hookiest
Literary usage of Hookiest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Parody Anthology by Carolyn Wells (1904)
"Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls ? Ix. Well, I suppose
God knows — I don't. Time's crimes mark dark men's types, in stripes Broad ..."
2. The Book of Humorous Verse by Carolyn Wells (1920)
"... sobbed, gaped, aped, the plaice in face! None heard, 'tis odds, his—God's—folk's
howls. Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls? ..."
3. The Heptalogia, Or, The Seven Against Sense: A Cap with Seven Bells by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1880)
"Now, how must I apply, to try This hookiest-beaked of owls ? IX. Well, I suppose
God knows—I don't. Time's crimes mark dark men's types, ..."
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