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hooley-ann

hooley-ann is the alternative form of houlihan.

Meaning of houlihan

Noun

houlihan (plural houlihans)

  1. A kind of lasso throw.
    • But if he could not throw the houlihan, he still might get down in the dirt of the corral to help with dehorning, castrating, and branding.2009, Clyde A. Milner II, Carol A. O'Connor, As Big as the West: The Pioneer Life of Granville Stuart, page 214

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Forms of hooley-ann

pluralhooley-anns

Questions about hooley-ann

What is hooley-ann the alternative form of?
Hooley-ann is the alternative form of houlihan.

Words near hooley-ann in the dictionary

  1. hoolauleas
  2. Hoole
  3. Hoolee
  4. Hooles
  5. hooley
  6. hooley-ann
  7. hooley-anns
  8. hooleys
  9. Hooli
  10. hoolie
  11. hoolies

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