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hoon
noun- a man who lives off the earnings of prostitutes; a pimp AUSTRALIA, 1949
- ‘E’s a hoon! A weak mug that bludges his money off weak molls!! — Jim McNeil, The Chocolate Frog, p. 48, 1973
- Bill thought we should follow the girls. “We can be hoons, mate!” he laughed. “A couple of Terry toons.” — Max Williams, Dingo, p. 59, 1980
- “Maybe not,” she said, “but it won’t help Sara to team up with you end up with a hoon like yours...” I stopped the exchange when I asked what a hoon was. Margaret said, “You know...those bastards who live off you, make you work hard and take all your money.” — Sara Francis, Sara: Her own story of her life and times in Australia’s red-light world, p. 83, 1984
- a loud ignorant lout; a hooligan AUSTRALIA, 1938
Origin unknown. - The Real Bush-pig is the female counterpart and proper companion for the Male Hoon. — Ignatius Jones, True Hip, p. 124, 1990
- A carful of hoons revved by in a purple Valiant. “Oi!” one shouted out the window. — Linda Jaivin, Rock n Roll Babes from Outer Space, p. 82, 1996
- a person who drives recklessly AUSTRALIA, 1985
- Susie’s a bit of a hoon when she drives, and the car was hooked up great and we were really fanging it down that road. — Dolly, p. 69, July 1989
- I was in no mood to allow a hoon to get away with this type of driving. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 106, 1994
- The hoon in his dented Valiant Charger screeches around the corner[.] — Glyn Parry, Mosh, p. 109, 1996
- a trip in a motor vehicle taken for the pleasure of, especially fast, driving AUSTRALIA
- — James Lambert, The Macquarie Book of Slang, 1996
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