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HoJo's

HoJo's proper noun: howard Johnson's (the chain of fast food restaurants).

Proper noun

HoJo's

  1. (US, slang) Howard Johnson's (the chain of fast food restaurants).
    • "Often on the highway, weary and wary, we spurn the unknown and cheerfully drive on for the promise of a Howard Johnson's and its familiar dèja vu. HoJo's has a warmly reassuring predictability."1970 August 12, Gael Greene, Time Magazine, page 12
    • "The genius of Hojo's , of course , lies in its conscious pastiche of everything that is cozy and traditional - church spires , town halls , and cottages — to perform a thoroughly modern function."1973, Stephen A. Kurtz, Wasteland: Building the American Dream, page 23

Questions about HoJo's

What does HoJo's mean?
HoJo's means howard Johnson's (the chain of fast food restaurants).
What part of speech is HoJo's?
HoJo's is a proper noun.

Words near HoJo's in the dictionary

  1. hojillion
  2. hojillions
  3. Hojnacki
  4. Hojnackis
  5. Hojo
  6. HoJo's
  7. hojok
  8. Hojos
  9. hoju
  10. hok
  11. Hok Kian

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