“hookum”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

hookum

释义

hookum India.|ˈhuːkəm|
Also hookm, hukm.
[a. Hindi, a. Arab. ḥukm, f. ḥakama (cf. hakim).]
A command, order, or instruction from a person in authority. Also transf. (see quot. 1925).
1838E. Eden Let. 17 Dec. in Up Country (1866) II. ii. 13 An officer came to ask his ‘hookum’, or orders.1843Lady Sale Jrnl. Disasters Afghanistan 39 The troops..instead of receiving hookm to enter the city, the Shah almost rudely inquired why they had come!1858W. H. Russell Diary in India 7 Oct. (1860) II. xii. 226 We had no hookum from the commissioner or deputy.1886[see dastoor, dasturi].1895B. M. Croker Village Tales (1896) 224 His coat was restored to him, with a ‘hookum’, to say that he was free.1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 120 Hookum, a regulation. The correct thing, e.g., ‘That's the hookum’. An old Army colloquial term.

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