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hoolivans

hoolivans is the plural of hoolivan.

Meaning of hoolivan

Noun

hoolivan (plural hoolivans)

  1. A police van with surveillance equipment, used to monitor troublemakers at events such as sports matches.
    • Of course we played our part too and it's easy to look back with rose-tinted Armani shades but there was no two ways about it; the 'glory days' were over with CCTV, hoolivans, undercover Police operations, banning orders, jail sentences […]2014, Jason Allday, Junior, page 149

Questions about hoolivans

What is hoolivans the plural of?
Hoolivans is the plural of hoolivan.

Words near hoolivans in the dictionary

  1. hooliganry
  2. hooligans
  3. hoolihan
  4. hoolihans
  5. hoolivan
  6. hoolivans
  7. hoolock
  8. hoolock gibbon
  9. hoolock gibbons
  10. hoolocks
  11. hools

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