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Definition of Hooligans
1. hooligan [n] - See also: hooligan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hooligans
Literary usage of Hooligans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1901)
"Always in some terrible fuss Are the hooligans. ... Yarr-h ! the hooligans ; They
are never quiet, no, Always in some riot, so Yah ! the hooligans ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1903)
"I have seen a report of a capital offence headed " Attack by hooligans. ...
hooligans form one set ; the thieves and violent scoundrels form another. ..."